Having just experienced the hottest month ever recorded on Earth, and facing predictions of more extreme temperatures, U
More than 70% of the U.S. population experienced at least one day in July with extreme temperatures made at least three times likelier because of human-caused climate change,Extreme heat degrades infrastructure such as roads that were not designed for increasingly higher temperatures. The Kansas City Streetcar line, for example,The heat also increases the chances of electricity blackouts because the national grid has not been systematically upgraded in decades.
to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The heat-illness rate in this region was 973 per 100,000 emergency department visits — more than six times higher than the rate in the least-affected region of Washington-Oregon-Idaho.Urban areas can become heat islands because asphalt, steel, brick and cement in cities absorb heat, whereas in rural areas, trees and plants act as a natural air conditioner.
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