There has been much debate about whether winter warming due to climate change will substantially decrease mortality in that season. Research now finds that cold severity no longer predicts the number of excess winter deaths in England and Wales.
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Huang, C., Barnett, A. Winter weather and health. Nature Clim Change 4, 173–174 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate2146
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