<figure id="attachment_385376" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-385376" style="width: 2500px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="5c9cdef5"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2024/08/92b63849bdf5bdaad37f24ea4765026f.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-385376" class="wp-caption-text">Mexico] Thousands of fish killed as lake dries up&#8230;&#8230;Lake Bustillos in the northern state of Chihuahua dried up, killing thousands of fish.Photo taken in June (all photos taken this year)</figcaption></figure>
<p> The UN Secretary-General Guterres made the shocking statement at a press conference on July 25.</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> Extreme temperatures are spreading and dangerous heat waves are occurring in many parts of the world, with temperatures reaching as high as 50°C (122°F). The estimated death toll is 500,000 per year. More than 70% of the working population, or 2.4 billion people, are at risk from the heat wave.</span></p>
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<p> According to the Copernicus Climate Change Service, the EU&#8217;s weather information agency, the global average temperature on July 22 was the highest recorded since 1940. Monthly temperatures have been the highest for 13 consecutive months until June of this year. In New Delhi, the capital of India, the temperature rose to nearly 53°C this summer.</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> The cause is our dependence on fossil fuels such as coal and oil. Burning fossil fuels produces large amounts of carbon dioxide, nitrogen oxides, and other gases, increasing the concentration of greenhouse gases. The atmosphere absorbs more heat than ever before, causing enormous damage through record-breaking rainfall, floods, droughts, and wildfires. This is the most serious situation mankind has ever experienced.</span></p>
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<p>The photos posted here are symbolic of the destructive power of the killer heat wave. In Mexico, lakes have nearly dried up and are filled with the stench of decay from thousands of dead fish. In Egypt and China, people are rushing to the beaches and cool underground to avoid the extreme heat. In Pakistan, hospitals are running out of rooms, and patients suffering from heat stroke are flooding the corridors.</p>
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<p> Professor Yoshihiro Tachibana of the Faculty of Bioresources at Mie University, an expert on climate change, explains.</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> The worst that can be predicted is now becoming a reality on a global scale. Especially since last year, temperatures have been rising at an accelerating rate worldwide. Japan is no stranger to this. About 1,000 people a year die from heat stroke and other heat-related causes.</span></p>
<p> If the human race does not take immediate action to combat global warming, we will be on the verge of an existential crisis.</p>
<figure id="attachment_385378" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-385378" style="width: 2500px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="aa842577"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2024/08/b03fd76bf383cab6be42c1367d09d6b9.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-385378" class="wp-caption-text"> Egypt: People, people, people overflowing onto the coast! The public beach in Alexandria, a city on the Mediterranean Sea, was overflowing with people from morning.</figcaption></figure>
<figure id="attachment_385379" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-385379" style="width: 2500px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="f75f0bee"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2024/08/04f689ecdd962f17c7c744bb5285965b.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-385379" class="wp-caption-text"> In the southern city of Chongqing, it was over 40 degrees Celsius every day. Many people were inside the air-conditioned subway station.</figcaption></figure>
<figure id="attachment_385377" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-385377" style="width: 2500px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="dc0190e2"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2024/08/92a2c6808d28cdbe188690f451bbac7e.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-385377" class="wp-caption-text"> In the southern city of Karachi, the temperature reached a high of 47 degrees Celsius. The city is unable to cope with the heat stroke patients.</figcaption></figure>
<p> From the August 16, 2024 issue of FRIDAY</p>
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 On July 22, the world's highest average temperature record was broken, with dangerous heat waves reaching temperatures as high as 50°C (122°F) in many parts of the world. The destructive power of the "killer heat wave" is so great that an estimated 500,000 people die annually as a result of the heat wave. If we don't take immediate action to combat global warming...

 World average highest temperature record set on July 22

Temperatures up to 50 degrees Celsius! An estimated 500,000 people die annually due to heat waves&#8230;Destructive power of the &#8220;killer heat wave&#8221; hitting various parts of the world

Temperatures up to 50 degrees Celsius! An estimated 500,000 people die annually due to heat waves…Destructive power of the “killer heat wave” hitting various parts of the world

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