The dangers of extreme heat — for our health and our planet
Apple News In Conversation
Apple News
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🗓️ 27 July 2023
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
July is on track to be the hottest month ever recorded on Earth. Millions of people in the U.S. are living in areas with dangerous levels of heat — and a growing death toll. In a new book, The Heat Will Kill You First, reporter Jeff Goodell warns that heat is pushing us into a new climate era, with dire implications for individuals, society, and our planet. Goodell spoke with Apple News In Conversation host Shumita Basu about the changes we need to make today and the reasons he still has hope for the future.
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| 0:18.1 | Let's get to the show. This is in conversation from Apple News. |
| 0:25.0 | I'm Shemita Basu. |
| 0:28.0 | Today, the dangers of extreme heat for our health and our planet. This summer has been hot. |
| 0:33.0 | This summer has been hot. |
| 0:44.0 | In many places, scarily so. |
| 0:46.0 | Heat records are being broken every day. |
| 0:49.0 | Planet Earth is on fire. |
| 0:52.0 | The record heat across the world has been unrelenting. |
| 0:54.7 | You know, it's 111 degrees outside. |
| 0:56.4 | Tonight, the deadly heat dome tightening its grip. |
| 0:59.4 | It is the kind of heat that you feel as soon as you step outside. |
| 1:02.1 | When you open like an oven, that's what it feels like. |
| 1:04.5 | We're talking about a deadly heat wave that is feeling more like a heat tsunami in the south. |
| 1:08.7 | Virginia Key Florida. |
| 1:10.1 | Galveston, Texas, California and Arizona. |
| 1:13.1 | The extreme weather is not just impacting the U.S, parts of Europe. |
| 1:16.2 | Greece, Spain, France, Northwest India. |
| 1:18.7 | The Iraqi capital is broiling in 116 degree heat. |
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