August 2017 PMID 28782036

Deadly heat waves projected in the densely populated agricultural regions of South Asia.

Eun-Soon Im, Jeremy S Pal, Elfatih A B Eltahir

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The discussions reflect strong agreement on the seriousness of deadly heat waves, with mentions of scientific studies by Im, Pal, and Eltahir, and references to potential future scenarios, demonstrating high engagement and understanding of the issues. Words like 'deadly,' 'projected,' and 'dangerous' underline the sense of urgency and impact, emphasizing that these projections could critically threaten millions of people in South Asia.

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Most discussions recognize and support the severity of the projected heat wave threats, emphasizing their seriousness and consistency with scientific findings.

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Discussions include detailed references to research, scenarios, and societal implications, indicating deep involvement and thoughtful analysis.

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There is a clear consensus that these potential heat waves could have profound social, health, and economic effects, especially on vulnerable populations, highlighting their high significance.

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Patrick T. Brown
@PatrickTBrown31 · X

And here's what the most relevant paper I could find says about this. The threshold is only exceeded at the end of the century under the most extreme RCP8.5 emissions scenario (misleadingly referred to as 'business as usual' in the abstract) https://t.co/M7hGkn9bab https://t.co/XNkzuszilH

Jun 13, 2022 · 7 likes · 14,001 followers View post →
VoteEarthNow
@voteearthnow · X

@hughriminton Timely reminder that the world's poorest regions are precisely those most vulnerable to global heating: Manual/agricultural labour Lack of access to mitigation (air conditioning/ machinery) Humid, hot regions https://t.co/IfnWbOq0i9 https://t.co/4zjp7QEFMA

Oct 31, 2021 · 6 likes · 1 share · 370 followers View post →
Erich Fischer
@erichfischer · X

Indien und Pakistan sind Hotspots für Hitzestress. Die Hitze tritt oft in Kombination mit hoher Luftfeuchtigkeit auf. Es wird schwülheiss und der menschliche Körper kann sich durch Schwitzen weniger effizient abkühlen. https://t.co/T7pw4Uwyaw

Apr 29, 2022 · 4 likes · 1 share · 2,907 followers View post →
Climate Vanguard
@climate_vguard · X

Another paper warns of South Asian wet bulb temperatures approaching and in a few locations exceeding 35 degrees C - resulting in death for even the fit and healthy in shaded (non AC) conditions. This could come as soon as 2071. (9/13) https://t.co/7AsFw8RE7v

Jul 19, 2022 · 3 likes · 3,659 followers View post →
Dr. Aaron Thierry
@ThierryAaron · X

Source: https://t.co/RExwNFT3o8

Apr 10, 2024 · 2 likes · 2 shares · 21,706 followers View post →
Tony Addison
@TonysAngle · X

Deadly heat waves projected in the densely populated agricultural regions of South Asia

Jul 9, 2019 · 2 likes · 2 shares · 19,613 followers View post →

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Impacts of Climate Change on Agriculture

This video examines the anticipated effects of climate change and the implications of inaction. We dive into pressing topics such as deadly heat waves projected in densely populated agricultural regions of South Asia…

la chaîne humaine · Jan 29, 2021 294 views
Teddy von Bär
@teddyvonbaer · X

@Charlie_denkt @AnnaDeMilanese https://t.co/6gtEo5KsvG Extreme heat combined with extreme humidity, which could render entire regions uninhabitable, is one of the most serious threats posed by climate change, posing an existential threat to the Persian Gulf and India in particular.

Jul 21, 2025 · 1 like · 545 followers View post →
Darius Nau
@darius_nau · X

@Actual_Ffej @321Catholic @ChrisMartzWX At any rate, there is a physiological limitation, it is based on wet bulb temperature of at most 35°C, and climate change can cause significant numbers of people to be subjected to temperatures in excess of it within the century. https://t.co/hHOZOQWC4z That’s the bottom line.

Sep 23, 2024 · 273 followers View post →
Darius Nau
@darius_nau · X

@321Catholic @Actual_Ffej @ChrisMartzWX 87 °F is an incorrect conversion, as other have pointed out 35°C translates to 95 wacky degrees. But other than that, he’s correct. See here: https://t.co/1PEVOQ0m7o (the study was too conservative in terms of the risk of such temperatures occurring: https://t.co/hHOZOQWC4z) https://t.co/jKb82iNUXe

Sep 23, 2024 · 273 followers View post →
Christopher Wright
@ChristopherWr11 · X

RT @ThierryAaron: Source: https://t.co/RExwNFT3o8

Apr 10, 2024 · 2 shares · 7,654 followers View post →
chaplinscourage
@chaplinscourage · X

RT @ThierryAaron: Source: https://t.co/RExwNFT3o8

Apr 10, 2024 · 2 shares · 2,145 followers View post →
Dr. Aaron Thierry
@ThierryAaron · X

Source: https://t.co/RExwNFT3o8

Apr 10, 2024 · 2 likes · 2 shares · 21,706 followers View post →
Sdg13Un
@Sdg13Un · X

Manmade GlobalWarming Deadly heat waves projected in the densely populated agricultural regions of South Asia | Science Advances https://t.co/ymDxxvYieU https://t.co/sHlGCKRqa1

Oct 25, 2023 · 32,349 followers View post →
Ima Khivar
@AntarianRani · X

RT @EthonRaptor: @GrahamG22047543 @JunkScience @BillGates Guess that depends on what you call South Asia https://t.co/fqA7BCSVx8

Sep 22, 2023 · 1 share · 3,817 followers View post →
Eli Rabett
@EthonRaptor · X

@GrahamG22047543 @JunkScience @BillGates Guess that depends on what you call South Asia https://t.co/fqA7BCSVx8

Sep 22, 2023 · 2 likes · 1 share · 2,365 followers View post →
Frank Nitzsche
@FrankNitzsche · X

@stephanpalagan Dazu auch dieser Hinweis, das wird zunehmend tödlich für die Bevölkerung https://t.co/zEo2SdLrde

Apr 23, 2023 · 17 followers View post →
Bit
@Bit111111 · X

@tingeylp @extremetemps Aha, I think I found a historical chart: "Spatial distribution of highest daily maximum wet-bulb temperature, TWmax (°C), in modern record (1979–2015)." (https://t.co/WFxb2795Iu) https://t.co/TpzrPdTKpG

Feb 16, 2023 · 1 like · 864 followers View post →
Maxim
@maxim_k · X

@PGDynes @RenateKuenast Last chart from: https://t.co/64oVYOa0TC

Jan 25, 2023 · 2 likes · 2,061 followers View post →
Maxim
@maxim_k · X

@pp0196 @KaiHeron The “parts of India could become uninhabitable” claim also comes from a RCP8.5 scenario. Thankfully the same paper also has a RCP4.5 (~2.5°) projection — under which 0% of India would experience wet-bulb temps >35°, which is the “survivable” threshold. https://t.co/64oVYOa0TC https://t.co/c8MFQUk5kJ

Jan 24, 2023 · 2,061 followers View post →
Jeff Berner
@Pyth_of_Samos · X

@JimWalshLD19 Unlivable Indian cities. "... we project extremes of wet-bulb temp. in South Asia are likely to approach and, in a few locations, exceed critical threshold (35°C) by the late 21st century under the business-as-usual scenario of future GHG emissions..." https://t.co/X4PQTpaitW https://t.co/J0b1WmTiXx

Jan 18, 2023 · 420 followers View post →
Aditya Narayanan
@aditrn · X

I can already think of scenarios in the future when millions of people would be exposed to this dangerous level of heat, in a poor region where households do not have reliable electricity supply, and obviously no air conditioners! https://t.co/CeGcM2ApRV

Nov 14, 2022 · 317 followers View post →
Christian
@Christi89994998 · X

@wunder2welt @ZeynepinLE @zak_Mc @ZiegeJan Hier nochmal Paper dazu: https://t.co/fT4iaJ6aNj On the basis of an ensemble of (..)climate change simulations, we project that extremes of wet-bulb temperature(..)in a few locations, exceed this critical threshold by the late 21st century under the business-as-usual scenario(.)

Nov 6, 2022 · 315 followers View post →
Patrick Hamilton
@patbhamilton · X

@JoAmsel @theresphysics @GreenRupertRead @KevinClimate @dancalverley @TG42Birder @JamesGDyke @richardabetts @HenzeTimon @NiranjanAjit @PFriedling @Clim8Uncensored @ScientistRebel1 Your source is from after this - Jul 2022. The reference it uses seems good but not the original source; it cites these original sources: https://t.co/YAiSoF60Ek https://t.co/fyD5eA8483 Both of these would be more accessible with a lay summary & a simplified figure.

Oct 7, 2022 · 4,679 followers View post →
Paul Maidowski
@_ppmv · X

@SWEurope_ @scholarswarning @deepadaptation Great thread. Read it, especially the Eltahir studies on climate-irrigation interactions and unsurvivable heatwaves (wbt >31-35°C) in China and India. We've been warning for years. All this is no surprise.

Aug 22, 2022 · 1 like · 9,084 followers View post →
Climate Vanguard
@climate_vguard · X

Another paper warns of South Asian wet bulb temperatures approaching and in a few locations exceeding 35 degrees C - resulting in death for even the fit and healthy in shaded (non AC) conditions. This could come as soon as 2071. (9/13) https://t.co/7AsFw8RE7v

Jul 19, 2022 · 3 likes · 3,659 followers View post →
Félix Picazo
@Xilef_AB · X

https://t.co/zdJA66kZMJ

Jul 13, 2022 · 1,324 followers View post →
Patrick T. Brown
@PatrickTBrown31 · X

And here's what the most relevant paper I could find says about this. The threshold is only exceeded at the end of the century under the most extreme RCP8.5 emissions scenario (misleadingly referred to as 'business as usual' in the abstract) https://t.co/M7hGkn9bab https://t.co/XNkzuszilH

Jun 13, 2022 · 7 likes · 14,001 followers View post →
Cloud Negotiator
@Brent_A_Casey · X

@JmsOlvr @voxdotcom I've erased a number of replies by now that are less than charitable. It gets very hot and humid there - and I'm not talking Miami Beach, I'm talking organ failure. https://t.co/VQQCI3aDnh

Jun 10, 2022 · 529 followers View post →
ryolithica
@ryolithica · X

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Jun 6, 2022 · 531 followers View post →
Tom DeRosa
@RenewableSearch · X

Glacier Dam Overwhelmed by South Asian Heatwave: " data-medium-file="https://t.co/zvsKM3ZmGU" data-large-file="https://t.co/UROSbGRr9f" />As schools across India close early for the summer — unable to operate amid the extreme heat and… https://t.co/Ofa2qvmYkF #Renewable #Energy https://t.co/lfGMgE0SKN

May 10, 2022 · 10,319 followers View post →
Frater_Pan
@PanFrater · X

@benusa567 @EliotJacobson https://t.co/IIjT9eLj4S

May 7, 2022 · 1 like · 128 followers View post →
Yesodisdead The Zindiq
@yesodisobcene · X

RT @offrench: @EnergieDevlpmt Il y a déjà eu des vagues de chaleur atteignant ces limites, notamment au Pakistan : 2015 Karachi (https://t.…

May 4, 2022 · 1 share · 136 followers View post →
Le Ffrench
@offrench · X

@EnergieDevlpmt Il y a déjà eu des vagues de chaleur atteignant ces limites, notamment au Pakistan : 2015 Karachi (https://t.co/SQeIhckJZO), 2021 Jacobabad (https://t.co/qoNwigfQG7). Les projections montrent que ça ne va pas s'arranger (https://t.co/m7euMqKyAU).

May 4, 2022 · 1 like · 1 share · 104 followers View post →
@nerdish_philipp@norden.social
@nerdish_philipp · X

RT @erichfischer: Indien und Pakistan sind Hotspots für Hitzestress. Die Hitze tritt oft in Kombination mit hoher Luftfeuchtigkeit auf. Es…

Apr 29, 2022 · 1 share · 105 followers View post →
Erich Fischer
@erichfischer · X

Indien und Pakistan sind Hotspots für Hitzestress. Die Hitze tritt oft in Kombination mit hoher Luftfeuchtigkeit auf. Es wird schwülheiss und der menschliche Körper kann sich durch Schwitzen weniger effizient abkühlen. https://t.co/T7pw4Uwyaw

Apr 29, 2022 · 4 likes · 1 share · 2,907 followers View post →
Albright LabConsBiog
@AlbrightLCB · X

This is particularly alarming because so many of these areas are HUMID in addition to being hot AND folks are highly VULNERABLE, once exposed. H/T work by Im, Pal, & Eltahir for exploring this issue 5 years ago: https://t.co/EqBDauSnWr https://t.co/Kn6r6GboyA

Apr 28, 2022 · 705 followers View post →
Lucas Bergkamp
@lucasbergkamp · X

@Ja9BD Dit is het artikel van de deze hoogleraar: https://t.co/3nVySozs6A Helaas, het Is een sprookje, want dit verhaal is gebaseerd op RCP8.5. Dit heeft met wetenschap niets uit te staan.

Feb 16, 2022 · 2 likes · 16,466 followers View post →
William Berek
@Berekade · X

as you probably have read, Im, Pal, and Eftahir 2017 https://t.co/Y2bcrzTlPR show many heavily populated areas in S. Asia are liable to be exposed to deadly heat in 2071-2100 (RCP 4.5&8.5). This is one of many studies wet bulb T danger. (Im et al. doesn't mention aersosols...)

Feb 13, 2022 · 870 followers View post →
Where's Your Data?
@spock627corfu · X

@tjayaraman @SorenHave @KevinClimate Robinson uses it as an _example_ of "climate colonialism"; states that contributed little to the problem of climate change being made to suffer from the problem of climate change. Suggestion: Save your book reviews for books you've actually read. https://t.co/oGNMg3QV7B

Nov 28, 2021 · 1,163 followers View post →
Kath Scadding
@kathscadding · X

RT @voteearthnow: @hughriminton Timely reminder that the world's poorest regions are precisely those most vulnerable to global heating: Ma…

Oct 31, 2021 · 1 share · 1,115 followers View post →
VoteEarthNow
@voteearthnow · X

@hughriminton Timely reminder that the world's poorest regions are precisely those most vulnerable to global heating: Manual/agricultural labour Lack of access to mitigation (air conditioning/ machinery) Humid, hot regions https://t.co/IfnWbOq0i9 https://t.co/4zjp7QEFMA

Oct 31, 2021 · 6 likes · 1 share · 370 followers View post →
Stephanie
@below2_c · X

RT @climatebabes: Heatwaves in Asia. Why it has ro mitigate and how it shows people will be able to decide to reduce CO2 even in a worst ca…

Aug 22, 2021 · 2 shares · 263 followers View post →
Climate Lens
@climate_lens · X

RT @climatebabes: Heatwaves in Asia. Why it has ro mitigate and how it shows people will be able to decide to reduce CO2 even in a worst ca…

Aug 21, 2021 · 2 shares · 419 followers View post →
1st Roboeconomist, Church of the pointed finger
@climatebabes · X

Heatwaves in Asia. Why it has ro mitigate and how it shows people will be able to decide to reduce CO2 even in a worst case scenario https://t.co/GDmxvWaqsg

Aug 21, 2021 · 1 like · 2 shares · 3,193 followers View post →
__asif_in_TO
@__asif_in_TO · X

Deadly heat waves projected in the densely populated agricultural regions of South Asia https://t.co/ZkDcaNLh52

Jul 23, 2020 · 244 followers View post →
Luciano
@JoongWu · X

RT @JoongWu: Deadly heat waves projected in the densely populated agricultural regions of South Asia https://t.co/wt5O46QLCh

Apr 4, 2020 · 1 share · 1,344 followers View post →
Luciano
@JoongWu · X

Deadly heat waves projected in the densely populated agricultural regions of South Asia https://t.co/wt5O46QLCh

Apr 4, 2020 · 1 share · 1,344 followers View post →
Luciano
@JoongWu · X

RT @JoongWu: Deadly Heat Waves Projected in the Densely-Populated Agricultural Region... https://t.co/jFiFj3fFf5 via @YouTube

Apr 4, 2020 · 1 share · 1,343 followers View post →
Luciano
@JoongWu · X

Deadly Heat Waves Projected in the Densely-Populated Agricultural Region... https://t.co/jFiFj3fFf5 via @YouTube

Apr 4, 2020 · 1 share · 1,343 followers View post →
Russ
@Russ03514529 · X

RT @DrBreaky: @sallyrugg and, "Deadly heat waves projected in the densely populated agricultural regions of South Asia" https://t.co/jGGZ…

Jan 26, 2020 · 1 share · 299 followers View post →
Michael Breakspear
@DrBreaky · X

@sallyrugg and, "Deadly heat waves projected in the densely populated agricultural regions of South Asia" https://t.co/jGGZD17HGM

Jan 26, 2020 · 1 like · 1 share · 14,087 followers View post →
Michael Breakspear
@DrBreaky · X

@simonahac @mattjcan @Siemens @JoeKaeser Here is the "helping out people in India" bit:- "Deadly heat waves projected in the densely populated agricultural regions of South Asia" https://t.co/jGGZD17HGM https://t.co/YdxVtls2bS

Jan 12, 2020 · 1 share · 14,087 followers View post →
Michael Breakspear
@DrBreaky · X

@RossCameron4 @MRobertsQLD Unless you actually value human life: Deadly heat waves projected in the densely populated agricultural regions of South Asia https://t.co/jGGZD17HGM

Dec 31, 2019 · 14,087 followers View post →
Michael Breakspear
@DrBreaky · X

@SkyNewsRicho Also, perhaps:- Reductions in labour capacity from heat stress under climate warming https://t.co/b9kqsIKfaD Deadly heat waves projected in the densely populated agricultural regions of South Asia https://t.co/jGGZD17HGM

Dec 30, 2019 · 14,087 followers View post →
Bakyt Beshimov
@bakytbeshimov · X

Deadly Heat Waves Projected in the Densely-Populated Agricultural Region... https://t.co/hpxsG6JKTT via @YouTube

Aug 27, 2019 · 2,801 followers View post →
Doskonale Szare
@DoskonaleSzare · X

@stfn __________ *) Eun-Soon Im, Jeremy S. Pal i Elfatih A. B. Eltahir (2017) "Deadly heat waves projected in the densely populated agricultural regions of South Asia", Science Advances https://t.co/UPAXUfeOLl

Aug 1, 2019 · 2 likes · 4,054 followers View post →
colin warburton
@warburton_colin · X

Video explaining Deadly Heat Waves Projected in the Densely-Populated Agricultural Region... https://t.co/rHCSy6pCtM via @YouTube

Jul 15, 2019 · 27 followers View post →
E4D news
@e4d_news · X

RT @TonysAngle: Deadly heat waves projected in the densely populated agricultural regions of South Asia

Jul 10, 2019 · 2 shares · 1,844 followers View post →
Frederik Hoedeman
@LongInsights · X

RT @TonysAngle: Deadly heat waves projected in the densely populated agricultural regions of South Asia

Jul 9, 2019 · 2 shares · 1,906 followers View post →
Tony Addison
@TonysAngle · X

Deadly heat waves projected in the densely populated agricultural regions of South Asia

Jul 9, 2019 · 2 likes · 2 shares · 19,613 followers View post →
Raj Ayy
@raj_ayy · X

@de_moaned we are effed in every scenario in future.. https://t.co/2TFCnpb315

May 13, 2019 · 69 followers View post →
Tech XF
@tech_xf · X

Deadly Heat Waves Projected in the Densely-Populated Agricultural Regions of South Asia https://t.co/gE2drj02HB https://t.co/aKy4J6Og6F

Apr 14, 2019 · 22 followers View post →