Between 1990 and 2019, more than 150,000 deaths around the globe were associated with heatwaves each year, according to a new study.
More than 150,000 people per year are estimated to have died from heatwaves around the globe and the new study reveals regional disparities in heatwave deaths
In the new study, researchers used data from the Multi-Country Multi-City Collaborative Research Network that included daily deaths and temperatures from 750 locations across 43 countries. With the MCC data, the researchers estimated excess heatwave deaths around the world spanning 1990 to 2019 and mapped the variance in these deaths across continents.
"Heatwaves are associated with substantial mortality burden that varies spatiotemporally over the globe in the past 30 years," the authors say."These findings indicate the potential benefit of government actions to enhance health sector adaptation and resilience, accounting for inequalities across communities."
A US nationwide study found that increasing green vegetation in large, metropolitan areas could have prevented between 34,000-38,000 deaths, based on data from 2000-2019. The study also showed that ...
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