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Dangerous temperatures could kill 50% more Europeans by 2100, study finds
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- ljf 2y agoIf you just want the key message without clicking the link: "The researchers estimated an extra 8,000 people would die each year as a result of “suboptimal temperatures” even under the most optimistic scenario for cutting planet-heating pollution. The hottest plausible scenario they considered showed a net increase of 80,000 temperature-related deaths a year." It's easy to feel glib about 'some number of people dying from changes to the climate' until it impacts you and your family. Even something like flu deaths always felt a bit distant to me, until I lost and nearly lost close family due to seasonal flu.