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Yes, many more people die of cold than of heat. Global warming will likely save a couple hundred thousand lives per year in this regard. [1] 1: https://www.wsj
by crackercrews 5y ago
Yes, many more people die of cold than of heat. Global warming will likely save a couple hundred thousand lives per year in this regard. [1]
1: https://www.wsj.com/articles/climate-change-natural-disasters-ahr-river-flood-germany-wildfire-risks-11628177742 https://www.wsj.com/articles/climate-change-natural-disaster...
edit: added "in this regard". Did not mean to suggest that we know how all of the implications of global warming pan out.
- IntrepidWorm 5y agoAt the cost of horrific hurricanes in the tropical and subtropical regions. Locally there may be effects seen as beneficial, but globally it's looking to be a downhill slide.
- takeda 5y agoA lot of people who also think about it politically forgetting that it will also increase migrant crisises. As things get unhabitable people will be migrating. This will apply to the southern border of US.
- crackercrews 5y agoGP acknowledged that there are many bad things but asked if there were also good thing. I was only answering that question. I was not claiming that it is good on balance.
- soperj 5y agohasn't there actually been less horrific hurricanes instead of more? There's been one cat 5 that's hit the US since 2005.
- freen 5y agoWet Bulb temperature above 35C is deadly no matter how much water or shade you have. If the global average increases over 1.5C, most of the tropics will experience prolonged deadly heat. https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/mar/08/global-heating-tropical-regions-human-livability https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/mar/08/global-heati...