Extreme Heat Could Cause as Many Deaths as All Infectious Diseases Combined

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  • August 4, 2020

If the world does not curb the rate at which it spews out climate-warming greenhouse gases, the death toll from extreme heat could nearly meet the current death rate of all infectious diseases combined, according to a new study from Climate Impact Lab, published by the National Bureau of Economic Research on Monday.

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