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fromwww.aljazeera.com
2 weeks ago

Did climate change cause 16,500 extra deaths in Europe this summer?

This summer was one of the hottest on record in Europe, with temperatures soaring above 46 degrees Celsius (114 degrees Fahrenheit), triggering wildfires and causing the deaths of thousands of people, particularly among the elderly. Climate change is likely to be responsible for 68 percent, or about 16,500, of additional heat-related deaths, according to new research from the Grantham Institute Climate Change and the Environment in London, United Kingdom.
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fromFuturism
1 month ago

If You're a Millennial, We Have Bad News About Your Rapidly Impending Death

Americans aged 25–44 face markedly higher mortality than peers in other high-income countries due to long-term rises in overdoses, accidents, and gastrointestinal disease.
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