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08 July 2021Midseason is a distant memory. In winter it is hot, in summer it is cold and tropical storms arrive. Spring, not received. A crazy weather with the mercury column that suddenly rises and falls. And the abnormal temperatures are based on a study coordinated by Monash University and published by the journal Lancet Planetary Health, according to which every year 5 million excess deaths in the world are due to both too high and too low temperatures. Half of these effects are seen in Asia, but Europe is also significantly affected.
The researchers compared mortality data and temperatures recorded in 43 countries around the world between 2000 and 2019, a period in which temperatures rose 0.26 degrees for each decade. According to the study, 9.4% of global deaths are due to excess temperatures, with the cold being responsible for most of the mortality. "Global warming in the short term can reduce temperature-related deaths, especially because cold-related mortality will decrease - explains Yuming Guo, the lead author of the study - however in the long run the general mortality will increase, because instead the deaths from the heat will continue to increase ".
Eastern Europe, explains the expert, has shown the highest number of heat-related deaths in the estimate, while sub-Saharan Africa has the primacy of those related to the cold. A comparison that makes you think. Over 2.6 million deaths a year, however, occur in Asia, especially in the eastern and southern parts of the continent.