Doctors warn there are biological limits to temperatures we can survive, and exposure to extreme heat can provoke a heart attack
    • Water Bowl Slime
      12·
      4 days ago

      It’s because the sun is directly on top of Australia like a heat lamp. The rest of the world doesn’t get as hot because of the lampshade.

    • Conselheiro
      4·
      3 days ago

      Complete layman here too, but maybe it’s related to deforestation? Maps really well to this other map.

    • big_spoon
      61·
      4 days ago

      the global south is pretty hot…you get used to it

  • darkernations
    5·
    4 days ago

    Enzymes start denaturing around 40c (this is from high school biology so if that is no longer true then someone please correct me.)

  • JarmundEnglish
    8·
    4 days ago

    Thanks a lot standard oil and derivatives! Really loving the new weather after a century.