As the Northern Hemisphere approaches summer’s peak, heat is testing the limits of human survival in Earth’s hottest spots — and demonstrating the extremes that are increasingly possible and probable against the backdrop of accelerating global warming.
Democracy Dies in Darkness
The heat index reached 152 degrees in the Middle East — nearly at the limit for human survival
By Scott Dance
Updated July 18, 2023 at 4:13 p.m. EDT|Published July 18, 2023 at 6:30 a.m. EDT