Tens of thousands additional deaths annually in cities of China between 1.5 °C and 2.0 °C warming
Heatwaves are expected to increase under climate change, and so are the associated deaths. Here the authors determine the regional high temperature thresholds for 27 metropolises in China and analyze the changes to heat-related mortality, showing that the additional global-warming temperature increa...
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| author | Yanjun Wang Anqian Wang Jianqing Zhai Hui Tao Tong Jiang Buda Su Jun Yang Guojie Wang Qiyong Liu Chao Gao Zbigniew W. Kundzewicz Mingjin Zhan Zhiqiang Feng Thomas Fischer |
| author_facet | Yanjun Wang Anqian Wang Jianqing Zhai Hui Tao Tong Jiang Buda Su Jun Yang Guojie Wang Qiyong Liu Chao Gao Zbigniew W. Kundzewicz Mingjin Zhan Zhiqiang Feng Thomas Fischer |
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| description | Heatwaves are expected to increase under climate change, and so are the associated deaths. Here the authors determine the regional high temperature thresholds for 27 metropolises in China and analyze the changes to heat-related mortality, showing that the additional global-warming temperature increase of 0.5°C, from 1.5°C to 2.0°C, will lead to tens of thousands of additional deaths, annually. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ad2848ee392f4016b905f0c3b31f11552022-12-21T19:10:58ZengNature PortfolioNature Communications2041-17232019-08-011011710.1038/s41467-019-11283-wTens of thousands additional deaths annually in cities of China between 1.5 °C and 2.0 °C warmingYanjun Wang0Anqian Wang1Jianqing Zhai2Hui Tao3Tong Jiang4Buda Su5Jun Yang6Guojie Wang7Qiyong Liu8Chao Gao9Zbigniew W. Kundzewicz10Mingjin Zhan11Zhiqiang Feng12Thomas Fischer13Institute for Disaster Risk Management /School of Geographical Science, Nanjing University of Information Science & TechnologyState Key Laboratory of Desert and Oasis Ecology, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of SciencesNational Climate Center, China Meteorological AdministrationState Key Laboratory of Desert and Oasis Ecology, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of SciencesInstitute for Disaster Risk Management /School of Geographical Science, Nanjing University of Information Science & TechnologyState Key Laboratory of Desert and Oasis Ecology, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of SciencesInstitute for Environmental and Climate Research, Jinan UniversityInstitute for Disaster Risk Management /School of Geographical Science, Nanjing University of Information Science & TechnologyNational Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and PreventionFaculty of Architectural, Civil Engineering and Environment, Ningbo UniversityInstitute for Disaster Risk Management /School of Geographical Science, Nanjing University of Information Science & TechnologyJiangxi Climate CenterSchool of Geosciences, University of EdinburghDepartment of Geosciences, Eberhard Karls UniversityHeatwaves are expected to increase under climate change, and so are the associated deaths. Here the authors determine the regional high temperature thresholds for 27 metropolises in China and analyze the changes to heat-related mortality, showing that the additional global-warming temperature increase of 0.5°C, from 1.5°C to 2.0°C, will lead to tens of thousands of additional deaths, annually.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-11283-w |
| spellingShingle | Yanjun Wang Anqian Wang Jianqing Zhai Hui Tao Tong Jiang Buda Su Jun Yang Guojie Wang Qiyong Liu Chao Gao Zbigniew W. Kundzewicz Mingjin Zhan Zhiqiang Feng Thomas Fischer Tens of thousands additional deaths annually in cities of China between 1.5 °C and 2.0 °C warming Nature Communications |
| title | Tens of thousands additional deaths annually in cities of China between 1.5 °C and 2.0 °C warming |
| title_full | Tens of thousands additional deaths annually in cities of China between 1.5 °C and 2.0 °C warming |
| title_fullStr | Tens of thousands additional deaths annually in cities of China between 1.5 °C and 2.0 °C warming |
| title_full_unstemmed | Tens of thousands additional deaths annually in cities of China between 1.5 °C and 2.0 °C warming |
| title_short | Tens of thousands additional deaths annually in cities of China between 1.5 °C and 2.0 °C warming |
| title_sort | tens of thousands additional deaths annually in cities of china between 1 5 °c and 2 0 °c warming |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-11283-w |
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