El Niño-driven heat could cause half a million extra deaths, report says. Here's where
- The record global heat caused by this year’s powerful “super El Nino” could cause nearly half a million excess deaths worldwide by early next year, according to a report (PDF) published by the global research collaboration, Climate Impact Lab, on Wednesday.
- So what does the report reveal, how has climate change supercharged the effects of El Nino and should we all be really worried?
- Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3UN warns El Nino could be ‘off the charts’, strongest in decadeslist 2 of 3Global ocean temperatures hit record high as El Nino intensifieslist 3 of 3El Nino set to be mo
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- The record global heat caused by this year’s powerful “super El Nino” could cause nearly half a million excess deaths worldwide by early next year, according to a report (PDF) published by the global research collaboration, Climate Impact Lab, on Wednesday.
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- So what does the report reveal, how has climate change supercharged the effects of El Nino and should we all be really worried?
- Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3UN warns El Nino could be ‘off the charts’, strongest in decadeslist 2 of 3Global ocean temperatures hit record high as El Nino intensifieslist 3 of 3El Nino set to be mo
Sources: Al Jazeera, CBC