Tens of thousands additional deaths annually in cities of China between 1.5 °C and 2.0 °C warming

Autor: Yanjun Wang, Anqian Wang, Jianqing Zhai, Hui Tao, Tong Jiang, Buda Su, Jun Yang, Guojie Wang, Qiyong Liu, Chao Gao, Zbigniew W. Kundzewicz, Mingjin Zhan, Zhiqiang Feng, Thomas Fischer
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Nature Communications, Vol 10, Iss 1, Pp 1-7 (2019)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2041-1723
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-11283-w
Popis: Heatwaves are expected to increase under climate change, and so are the associated deaths. Here the authors determine the regional high temperature thresholds for 27 metropolises in China and analyze the changes to heat-related mortality, showing that the additional global-warming temperature increase of 0.5°C, from 1.5°C to 2.0°C, will lead to tens of thousands of additional deaths, annually.
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