It has long been known that temperature extremes are associated with an increased risk of death. Research now directly relates future climate warming to people's lifetime.
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Kinney, P. A new measure of health effects. Nature Clim Change 2, 233–234 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate1460
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