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Record Levels of Heat-Related Deaths in 2023 Due To Climate Crisis, Report Finds
Thursday October 31, 2024. 09:30 AM , from Slashdot
'Once again, last year broke climate change records with extreme heatwaves, deadly weather events, and devastating wildfires affecting people around the world. No individual or economy on the planet is immune [to] the health threats of climate change. The relentless expansion of fossil fuels and record-breaking greenhouse gas emissions compounds these dangerous health impacts, and is threatening to reverse the limited progress made so far and put a healthy future further out of reach.' The report finds that in 2023, extreme drought lasting at least one month affected 48% of the global land area, while people had to cope with an unprecedented 50 more days of health-threatening temperatures than would have been expected without the climate crisis. As a result, 151 million more people faced moderate or severe food insecurity, risking malnutrition and other harm to their health. Read more of this story at Slashdot.
https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/10/31/0114217/record-levels-of-heat-related-deaths-in-2023-due-to...
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