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