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climate issues in sports.

Global temperature is set to increase

in the future. Nations such as the

Maldives will be lost. there is the potential threat to the sport

industry in the form of lost winter sport seasons and shifts in climate that could make

all outdoor sport dangerous or difficult to hold. 

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Joe Root was taken to hospital during the fifth Test  between England and Australia. The temperature that day reached in the middle of the Sydney Cricket Grounds 57 degrees Celsius: 134 degrees Fahrenheit.

To combat extreme heat, cricket has adopted an “extreme heat policy” that gives umpires the ability to halt play for heat.

Since then, extreme heat has led to the cancellation of cricket games in Australia, and poses a continued threat to future of the game

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​Fact:

cricket will be hardest hit by climate change.

As already seen, extreme heat is plaguing cricket, but rains and floods are also having a major impact on the game. Cricket is defined almost entirely by climatic conditions. If they change, so does the essence of the game.