Without action, climate deaths could soar by century’s end

Tuesday, August 4, 2020 - 14:00 in Earth & Climate

Rising temperatures driven by climate change could cause tens of millions of deaths per year worldwide by the end of the century, potentially matching the global death rate for all infectious diseases combined, according to a new study led by Solomon Hsiang, a climate policy researcher at UC Berkeley. Solomon Hsiang, assistant professor of public […]

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