In a Hotter World, Some People Age Faster, Researchers Find (nytimes.com)
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- News link: https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/08/25/184250/in-a-hotter-world-some-people-age-faster-researchers-find
- Source link: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/climate/heat-waves-aging.html
> Scientists analyzed 15 years' worth of health data from nearly 25,000 adults in Taiwan and found that two years of exposure to heat waves could speed up a person's so-called biological aging by eight to 12 extra days. It may not sound like a lot, but this number builds over time, said Cui Guo, an assistant professor at the University of Hong Kong who led the study, which was [2]published Monday in the journal Nature Climate Change .
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> "This small number actually matters," she said. "This was a study of a two-year exposure, but we know heat waves have actually been occurring for decades." The research comes as human-induced climate change is making heat waves more intense and long-lasting. The West Coast of the United States is suffering from sweltering temperatures while Iran is experiencing searing heat. Record-breaking temperatures punished Europe, Japan and Korea earlier this month. France recently experienced its second heat wave of the summer, sparking a national debate over air-conditioning.
[1] https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/climate/heat-waves-aging.html
[2] https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-025-02407-w
Re:Keep it up (Score:4, Insightful)
> They might start listening again if you ever start offering solutions that don't involve being made poor and subservient
If you cared to listen to the actual people and not just uncritically soak up what right-wing media and alternative media tell you than you might come to realize this is and has always been a bad faith false choice.
We could be leading the world in renewable energy and producing more of it for less money with more jobs, factories and generally improved state of life but this lie that we have to choose between cleaner energy and economic prosperity was a blatant lie always.
The solutions have always been there, you haven't been wanting to listen.
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> The solutions have always been there, you haven't been wanting to listen.
Whenever issues of global warming come up, and nuclear fission is offered as part of the solution, then comes the immediate responses on how we should not use nuclear fission because nuclear fission is this or nuclear fission is that. Well, nuclear fission is as safe as wind and solar power, and produces less CO2 than either. I can provide sources: [1]https://ourworldindata.org/saf... [ourworldindata.org]
The usual retort is that nuclear power costs too much, that wind and solar power would be cheaper. Well, the IPCC and NEA di
[1] https://ourworldindata.org/safest-sources-of-energy
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> I'd listen more about global warming if the solutions offered weren't always involving more government authority, more taxes, or just generally less freedom.
It's never not funny that you advocate this position but then on the other hand advocate for fission (a stance I agree with) but that is the source of power generation that necessitates the most government interaction. It reads very bad faith, almost like this pro-nuclear position is more of a convenient cudgel to resist climate change but act like you don't. A position sadly I have found all too common with nuclear advocacy but it makes sense, many of you tossed your lot with the Republicans.
Comparative
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> nuclear fission is as safe as wind and solar power
Name one major incident involving solar or wind that has rendered thousands of square miles uninhabitable for centuries.
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Whenever i see someone using the word science in quotes, I immediatly think Dunning Kruger.
Heat waves are decades old? (Score:4, Funny)
My word, I had no idea that heat waves were actually decades old! Thank you so much Professor Guo.
So, how many decades old are they? Five? Eight? 450 million?
What counts as extreme heat (Score:2)
Whats "extreme heat waves"? In england a "heat wave" can be 75F, in Phoenix it's 120F. You could have three global warmings and heat waves in england would still struggle to crack 88F. In southern california 88F is a tuesday.
this is good news, no? (Score:2)
As the ultimate goal of eco-warriors (when they're being candid) is ultimately fewer humans on Earth, anything that weeds them out faster should be considered good news, right?
In a fatter world (Score:1)
In a fatter world, people eat more french fries.
Does not pass laugh test (Score:3)
If this was the case and not just case of T-hacking for a hot-button topic, then you would see lower life expectancy in hotter climates, which is not currently (or ever) was the case.
Hmmmm. (Score:2)
It's basically a year to a year and a half off people's life expectancies, from the heat alone.
Although this is not trivial, the antivaxxer movement will likely chop 10-15 years off life expectancies and greatly reduce quality of life for much of the remainder, same again for the expected massive reduction in air quality that will result from modern political movements, and the absurd puritanical movement in the US will likely chop another 10-15 years off the life expectancies of women.
These are, therefore,
I'm definitely less hot (Score:2)
I look in the mirror and I certainly don't have the same mojo I once had.
Over two decades at a computer desk takes its toll.
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> I look in the mirror and I certainly don't have the same mojo I once had.
> Over two decades at a computer desk takes its toll.
Would not two decades of anything take a toll?
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Compare the pictures of Madonna in her 1992 picture book "SEX" to what she looks like now... that should make you feel a LOT better! She just had a birthday, which made me realize she is older than I am.
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Brooke Shields is more than 10 years older than me and looks about 10 years younger than I do. Probably a combination of exercise and better genetics.