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Phoenix will be inhabitable within 10 years due to extreme heat.

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Phoenix will be inhabitable within 10 years due to extreme heat.
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Can't be true or false. We cannot predict the future, but Salon, Vice and climatecheck.com have all examined the extreme heat, drought, flood, and fire risks in Phoenix. Climatecheck.com stated that Maricopa county, home to Phoenix, is one of six counties in Arizona at risk of becoming uninhabitable to humans in the next 20 to 40 years. 

Salon and Vice also reported on the possibility that Phoenix may become inhabitable within the next 20 to 50 years. 

https://climatecheck.com/arizona/phoenix#:~:text=Maricopa%20county%2C%20home%20to%20Phoenix,of%20heat%20waves%20in%20Phoenix.

https://www.salon.com/2022/07/31/phoenix-could-soon-become-uninhabitable--and-the-poor-will-be-the-first-to-leave/ 

https://www.vice.com/en/article/phoenix-will-be-almost-unlivable-by-2050-thanks-to-climate-change/

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While the effects of climate change will make Phoenix harder to live in throughout the next few decades, it is misleading to say that it will be "uninhabitable" in 10 years. According to climatecheck.com, Maricopa county, home to Phoenix, is one of six counties in Arizona at risk of becoming uninhabitable to humans in the next 20 to 40 years.  While this data is still concerning and clearly demonstrates the dangers of rising temperatures due to climate change, the statement that Phoenix will be uninhabitable in 10 years is exaggerated.

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https://climatecheck.com/arizona/phoenix#:~:text=Maricopa%20county%2C%20home%20to%20Phoenix,of%20heat%20waves%20in%20Phoenix.

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