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The Frying Earth

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This map shows the maximum wet-bulb temperatures reached in a climate model from a high carbon dioxide emissions future climate scenario with a global-mean temperature 12 degrees Celsius (21 degrees Fahrenheit) warmer than 2007. The white land areas exceed the wet-bulb limit at which researchers calculated humans would experience a potentially lethal level of heat stress. (Purdue University graphic/Matthew Huber)
This map shows the maximum wet-bulb temperatures reached in a climate model from a high carbon dioxide emissions future climate scenario with a global-mean temperature 12 degrees Celsius (21 degrees Fahrenheit) warmer than 2007. The white land areas exceed the wet-bulb limit at which researchers calculated humans would experience a potentially lethal level of heat stress. (Purdue University graphic/Matthew Huber)

Source: purdue.edu Researchers find future temperatures could exceed livable limits

Checking out this map. Huge swathes of South America: Fried. Huge chunk of USA east of Mississippi from Great Lakes down to Gulf: Fried. Huge portions of west central and northern Africa: Fried. Most of India: Fried. Most of Australia: Fried. Western China including heavily industrialized area around Pearl River basin: Fried. South Korea: Fried.

There’s also a more recent study (MIT.edu) focusing on the Persian Gulf, most of which appears to be: Fried.

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