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"The discovery of bodies continued for a third consecutive day in #Karachi amidst an extreme hot weather, with 11 bodies...."
This is a "tip-of-the-iceberg" effect, most heat-caused deaths will never hv been recognised or recorded as weather related, they will be "natural causes" (heart attacks, strokes, renal failure, etc)
https://tribune.com.pk/story/2473959/36-bodies-found-across-karachi-in-three-days-amid-extreme-heat
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36 bodies found across Karachi in three days amid extreme heat
On Sunday 10 bodies were found followed by 15 on Monday and 11 on Tuesdaymunawar.khan (The Express Tribune)
Seawater intrusion below glaciers may be reaching a tipping point (or have even passed it) suggesting we could be about to see a significant sea level rise.
Aha, say the sceptics, this is 'may' and 'could'... we want the facts.
The problem is that approach to the climate is what has got us where we are... climate scientists have been warning us for years, and their estimates/fears have been largely borne out, the sceptics claims, not so much!
Newly identified tipping point for ice sheets could mean greater sea level rise
Small increase in temperature of intruding water could lead to very big increase in loss of ice, scientists sayDamian Carrington (The Guardian)