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

The increase in surface air temperature in China has been faster than the global rate, and more high temperature spells are expected to occur in future. Here we assess the annual heat-related mortality in densely populated cities of China at 1.5 °C and 2.0 °C global warming. For this, the urban popu...

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Published in:Nature communications 2019-08, Vol.10 (1), p.3376-7, Article 3376
Main Authors: Wang, Yanjun, Wang, Anqian, Zhai, Jianqing, Tao, Hui, Jiang, Tong, Su, Buda, Yang, Jun, Wang, Guojie, Liu, Qiyong, Gao, Chao, Kundzewicz, Zbigniew W., Zhan, Mingjin, Feng, Zhiqiang, Fischer, Thomas
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Language:English
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Acclimatization
Adaptation
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Air temperature
China - epidemiology
Cities - epidemiology
Climate change
Fatalities
Female
Global Warming
Heat
High temperature
Hot Temperature - adverse effects
Humanities and Social Sciences
Humans
Inhabitants
Male
Middle Aged
Mortality
Mortality - trends
multidisciplinary
open climate campaign
Population density
Science
Science (multidisciplinary)
Socioeconomic Factors
Surface temperature
Temperature effects
Urban Population - statistics & numerical data
Urban Population - trends
Urban populations
Young Adult
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