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The climate crisis is killing migrants trying to cross the US border, study finds
Guardian ^ | 12/16/21

Posted on 12/16/2021 5:26:34 PM PST by BusterDog

Undocumented migrants who attempt to cross the border from Mexico to the US are disproportionately dying in a harsh stretch of desert that is becoming deadlier due to the climate crisis, a new research has found.

Migrants and asylum seekers trying to enter the US are often forced to traverse the harsh environment of the Sonoran desert in order to avoid border patrols and fortified crossing points. This hazardous journey is putting many of them under severe physical stress, according to researchers, with many dying in the heat due to dehydration and organ failure.

This risk will only intensify as the world heats up further due to human activity, with the research finding that in the next three decades migrants will become so dehydrated in the desert that they will have to carry 34% more water with them in order to survive.

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To: BusterDog

Pure horse sh*t. There have been people dying in the desert since there were people who stupidly tried to walk across them. Conditions are no worse than they ever were.


41 posted on 12/16/2021 7:11:39 PM PST by hinckley buzzard ( Resist the narrative.)
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To: BusterDog

Good!
Let’s release even more CO2 and Methane.


42 posted on 12/16/2021 7:11:57 PM PST by Farcesensitive (K is coming)
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To: BusterDog

Trekking through the desert used to be a piece of cake before the widespread use of fossil fuels!


43 posted on 12/16/2021 7:25:57 PM PST by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> --- )
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To: roadcat
My people call it “corn.”


44 posted on 12/16/2021 7:40:31 PM PST by gundog ( It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: BusterDog

There is no freaking climate crisis! It’s a freaking desert! When you enter a desert In less than optimal condition and not fully prepared there’s a good chance you won’t live.


45 posted on 12/16/2021 7:49:33 PM PST by JimRed (TERM LIMITS, NOW! Militia to the border! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: BusterDog

OK, how do we raise the temperature 10 degrees?


46 posted on 12/16/2021 7:53:30 PM PST by Reno89519 (FJB. Respect America, Embrace America, Buy American, Hire American.)
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To: Reno89519

“OK, how do we raise the temperature 10 degrees?”

*****

I’ve been idling my truck in the driveway since I read the story.


47 posted on 12/16/2021 8:00:43 PM PST by BusterDog
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To: BusterDog

I’m waiting for the Squad’s bill to air condition the desert with drinking fountains every 50 steps and non-binary shitters every 51 steps.


48 posted on 12/16/2021 9:09:06 PM PST by Rembrandt (-a sure sign a Dem is lying - his lips are moving.)
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To: webheart
They will actually need to carry 34% more Gatorade.

Coyotes should be required to have at least a quart of Gatorade on hand for every person they're smuggling.

49 posted on 12/16/2021 9:18:07 PM PST by Night Hides Not (Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Gonzales! Come and Take It!)
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To: BusterDog

🐄💩


50 posted on 12/17/2021 12:28:56 AM PST by BiteYourSelf ( Earth first we'll strip mine the other planets later.)
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To: BusterDog

So now we have to save those morons and the polar bears? Why aren’t the ‘RATs telling THEIR freeloaders to “stay home and stay safe?” Hmmmmm?


51 posted on 12/17/2021 1:14:26 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (You can vote your way into socialism but you have to shoot your way out of it.)
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