There will be many more dangerously hot and humid days in Massachusetts by the year 2100 if no action is taken to limit climate change, according to a new report.
The analysis, from the Union of Concerned Scientists, predicts that days that feel like 100 degrees or higher will happen 26 times every year if greenhouse gas emissions continue at their current pace. Currently there are seven to 10 such days each year. The report also found that Massachusetts is likely to have a month of 90-degree temperatures by 2050 and more than two months by 2100.
In a July 16, 2019 WBUR story, Aaron Bernstein, co-director of the Center for Climate, Health, and the Global Environment (C-CHANGE) at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, said that taking action to reduce greenhouse gases can make a difference both now and in the future. “What we do right now really matters to people’s health, and it will matter in 100 years,” he said.
Listen to or read the WBUR story: Report: By 2100, Mass. Could Have 26 Days A Year That Feel Hotter Than 100 Degrees
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