Meanwhile, climate change deniers are pointing at the cold weather on the east coast as proof that climate change isn't real.
It is entirely fair to suggest that the increase in heat waves that are likely caused by climate change may be causing an increase in kidney disease related deaths. There are certainly other issues at play, and in the grand scheme of things, this is probably not a difficult problem to solve compared to other climate related issues, but this issue is interesting precisely because it was unexpected. We are still struggling to get a good idea of what the impacts of climate change will be, and this finding helps inform that effort.
> We are still struggling to get a good idea of what the impacts of climate change will be
But this problem isn't even an impact of climate change unless you think that not having access to clean water, causing kidney disease, was OK 20 years ago, and only became not OK when the temperature got a bit warmer.
In other words, by blaming it on "climate change", you're letting off the hook the people who are actually responsible--the governments and agribusinesses that have been making these workers work in the heat without giving them reliable access to clean water, thereby causing them to get kidney disease, for at least 20 years now. The way to fix that is to hold those people accountable, regardless of what the climate is doing.
> It is entirely fair to suggest that the increase in heat waves that are likely caused by climate change may be causing an increase in kidney disease related deaths.
Which still doesn't address the issue of why the obvious remedy--access to clean water--is not in place.
> this issue is interesting precisely because it was unexpected.
Oh, please. It's been going on for more than 20 years. Unexpected?
To me, this is just sensationalist journalism that would rather post clickbait headlines than actually dig into the real problem.
It is entirely fair to suggest that the increase in heat waves that are likely caused by climate change may be causing an increase in kidney disease related deaths. There are certainly other issues at play, and in the grand scheme of things, this is probably not a difficult problem to solve compared to other climate related issues, but this issue is interesting precisely because it was unexpected. We are still struggling to get a good idea of what the impacts of climate change will be, and this finding helps inform that effort.