Climate Change And Our Health

A new study has revealed that in the coming decades there will be more than a quarter-million people that will die each year as a result of climate change. Rachael Rettner, Senior Writer for Live Science has offered more information on this study.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has estimated that this change would lead to additional deaths each year between 2030 and 2050 from malnutrition, heat stress and malaria. Dr. Andrew Haines is co-author of the study, epidemiologist and former director of the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.

The Who estimate of 250,000 deaths related to climate change didn’t …read more