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I'm melting! Melting!

2012-07-09 17:14:44.829684+02 by Dan Lyke 0 comments

When we talk about climate change, we talk about rising sea levels, or changing weather patterns causing drought, or more air conditioning, but here's one I hadn't thought too much about: How about the fact that our infrastructure is based on a number of products that have been engineered to work in a fairly narrow temperature band. Like asphalt.

A picture from the record heat: Airplane wheels sinking into asphalt.

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