How Climate Change Will Transform the Way We Live

Earlier this week, nearly 50 flights out of Phoenix were cancelled. At 120 degrees, the temperature forecast exceeded the airline’s 118 degrees maximum operating temperature.

It’s difficult not to connect the delays to climate change—scientists estimate the planet’s overall temperature has increased by 1.8 degrees since preindustrial times. Last year was the hottest on record, followed by 2015, followed by 2014.

Here’s how he predicts global warming will impact day-to-day life in the U.S. within the next century:   For much of the U.S., summer will take place indoors.

                Power outages will result in deaths.

                Roads and train tracks will melt and buckle under the heat.

                http://fortune.com/2017/06/25/climate-change-heat-waves/

                                                                     High-rise buildings at sunrise. junyyeung Getty Images