LittleSteps2B on Nostr: The Australian town where people live underground "In the winter, this troglodyte ...
The Australian town where people live underground
"In the winter, this troglodyte lifestyle may seem merely eccentric. But on a summer's day, Coober Pedy – 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."
#Heat #Adaptation
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20230803-the-town-where-people-live-underground
"In the winter, this troglodyte lifestyle may seem merely eccentric. But on a summer's day, Coober Pedy – 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."
#Heat #Adaptation
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20230803-the-town-where-people-live-underground