What Will Climate Change Feel Like? New Tool Provides Granular Estimates
The interactive maps were designed to help people prepare for how hot and dry their area will get
At 2° Celsius of global warming, regions that never experience temperatures above 32°C (90°F) will start to see them. Hot places become even hotter.
Source: Probable FuturesAn initiative called Probable Futures hopes its interactive maps showing how fast the Earth could heat will lead citizens and countries to ask questions about how climate change is transforming their world — a first step in grappling with adaptation and the prevention of ever-worsening conditions.
Spencer Glendon, the 52-year-old founder of Probable Futures and a senior fellow at the Woodwell Climate Research Center in Massachusetts, was investment manager Wellington Management’s research director. He’s always been drawn to issues that could transform financial markets if only people paid attention.