DoomsdaysCW<p>The <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Australian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Australian</span></a> Town Where People Live <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Underground" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Underground</span></a></p><p>In one unusual outback town, everything is <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/subterranean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>subterranean</span></a> – from churches to campsites. As the world heads for 2.7C (4.9F) of global warming, should we be heading underground?</p><p>by Zaria Gorvett, August 2023</p><p>"In the winter, this troglodyte lifestyle may seem merely eccentric. But on a summer’s day, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CooberPedy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CooberPedy</span></a> – loosely translated from an indigenous Australian term that means 'white man in a hole' – needs no explanation: it regularly hits 52C (126F), so hot that birds have been known to fall from the sky and electronics must be stored in fridges."</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://getpocket.com/explore/item/the-australian-town-where-people-live-underground?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-us" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">getpocket.com/explore/item/the</span><span class="invisible">-australian-town-where-people-live-underground?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-us</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GlobalWarming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GlobalWarming</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ExtremeHeat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ExtremeHeat</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Climate</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a></p>