The Heat Will Kill You First
b'Floods, fires, storms and droughts are all upending lives around the globe. And at the centre of it all is a warming planet. Heat \\u2013 is the driving force.\\n\\nWe are living through the Earth\\u2019s hottest month on record. Extreme heat has led to flash floods and property destruction in northern Italy and the Balkans, and fueled wildfires in Croatia and Greece.\\n\\nNova Scotia\\u2019s dealing with historic flooding, much of B-C is engulfed in wildfires and parts of Alberta, Saskatchewan, Yukon and the Northwest territories are under heat warnings. \\n\\nOur guest today warns: heat and the chaos it can unleash is serious and often deadly.\\n\\nJeff Goodell is a climate reporter and contributing editor of Rolling Stone magazine. He\\u2019s also the author of the book The Heat will Kill You First: Life and Death on a Scorched Planet.\\n\\nFor transcripts of this series, please visit: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/frontburner/transcripts'