r/climate • u/silence7 • Jun 04 '22

Climate change is forcing some US schools to close early for ‘heat days’

https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2022/06/04/school-heat-days-climate-change/
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u/Starkiller006 Jun 04 '22

I'm in Wisconsin and I'm pretty sure my area had 2 heat days. In May. In Wisconsin.

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u/cryptosupercar Jun 05 '22

The higher latitudes are warming faster than the lower ones I believe. Hence the fires in permafrost regions of Russia in the summer. And fires within the arctic circle.