Axios - By 2050, a majority of the world will be too hot to safely host the summer Olympics, according to an Axios analysis of data from CarbonPlan, a nonprofit climate research organization. Athletes have raised concerns about scorching temperatures in Paris, which could affect their health as well as their performance. Those problems will only get worse.
If the Summer Olympics continues to be held in July and August, suitable locations will be narrowed to cities in Canada, northern Europe and Russia, or to the southern hemisphere, where it's winter in July and August. During the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, endurance events were rescheduled to the morning to avoid the hottest times of the day. But even so, 60% of heat-related illnesses occurred during these morning events. MORE
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