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Sep 6, 2023 · For example, a recent retrospective study found the number of people who died from exposure to hurricanes and tropical cyclones in the U.S. in the years between 1988 to 2019 was 13 times higher...
- Zoya Teirstein
Jul 1, 2024 · The results are shown in the chart below. The share of “warm season” deaths caused by heat is broken down by those that would have occurred with pre-climate-change temperatures and the additional share from human-induced climate change.
May 28, 2024 · Mandy Messinger. Her father was killed in a climate-driven flood. Here's how she's remembering him. Mandy Messinger is one of hundreds who lose loved ones to climate-linked extreme weather...
Jun 10, 2024 · The definitive federal accounting of climate change's impacts in the United States, the National Climate Assessment, estimates that upward of 1,300 people die in the U.S. each year due to...
Aug 15, 2023 · Mortality due to extreme temperatures is one of the most worrying impacts of climate change. In this analysis, we use historic mortality and temperature data from 106 cities in the United States to develop a model that predicts deaths attributable to temperature.
- Jangho Lee, Andrew E. Dessler
- Geohealth. 2023 Aug; 7(8): e2023GH000799.
- 10.1029/2023GH000799
- 2023/08
Jun 23, 2022 · It is the leading weather-related cause of death in the United States 1 and a significant, and likely undercounted, cause of death worldwide. 2 In addition to its health effects, extreme heat can damage roads, electrical wires and other infrastructure; stress energy systems as air conditioners draw more electricity; damage or kill crops and ...
Jun 17, 2024 · Scientists believe the heavy rainfall which caused deadly flooding in northern Libya in September 2023 was made up to 50 times more likely by climate change. Years of political instability in...