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“Climate change's silent killer” – 150,000 die every year from heat

Publicado em 15 de maio de 2024
It is sometimes called the silent killer of climate change. Each year, over 150,000 people die from extreme heat around the world, according to a new study. The extreme heat is killing thousands of people, especially those who are already vulnerable, but comes stealthily in a different way than natural disasters that strike with immediate and devastating force. It also takes longer to determine whether the heat has led to excess mortality among the population than to count victims of a [...]