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Climate change blamed for more than a third of heat-related deaths – The Sydney Morning Herald
Human-caused global warming was responsible for the deaths of many thousands of heat-related deaths in recent decades, a fraction of the numbers expected in the…
Human-caused global warming was responsible for thousands of heat-related deaths in recent decades, a fraction of the numbers expected in the future even if nations adopt ambitious emissions-cutting efforts.
Research of 30 million deaths, spanning almost three decades in 732 locations in 42 countries, found 37 per cent of heat-related mortality could be attributed to climate change. For Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney, there were almost 3000 extra deaths, the international study, published on Tuesday…
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