Heat-related deaths could more than quadruple by mid-century – report
Reuters Heat-related illnesses and deaths are rising as the world warms, an international team of health experts said on Tuesday, forecasting a 370 per cent surge in yearly heat deaths by mid-century if the world warms by two degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels. Already, at roughly 1.1 degrees Celsius of warming, people experienced about 86 […]
Scientists predict major increase in heatwave deaths as world warms
Thomson Reuters Foundation The death toll from heatwaves could rise by up to 2,000 per cent in some parts of the world by 2080, according to a study released on Tuesday, as large parts of the northern hemisphere reeled from unusually high temperatures. Scientists have long warned that climate change will bring more extreme weather across the […]