"Potatoes 'boil' in the ground as record heatwave sweeps across swathes of Asia"
Are we ready to quit burning fossil fuels yet? Because things only get worse from this point on.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/13/asia-heatwave-south-korea-potatoes-boil-ground-record-heat-hong-kong-japan
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