A warmer world will shift mortality patterns around the world. Research suggests that the mortality costs from climate change will be massively larger than previously thought, despite accounting for future adaptation and rising incomes.
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Auffhammer, M. The mortality cost of climate change. Nat. Clim. Chang. 12, 614–615 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-022-01420-7
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