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New research shows that rising temperatures could mean an increase in mental health crises

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[–] fiat_lux@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

Anyone who has tried to sleep through a hot summer night without aircon or a good fan knows that heat will fuck with your head.

And the shoeboxes we're building for people are often poorly ventilated naturally and cheaply insulated. As we squeeze the lower classes on electricity prices we can expect a lot more heat-wave fatalities, like the current East Asian heat wave that is even killing children walking home from school

The megarich are going to be really hoping their fortress Islands don't get drowned by rising sea levels and bigger typhoons.