Monday, June 01, 2009

Global Warming Causes 300,000 Deaths a Year

Global Warming is already responsible for 300,000 deaths a year and is affecting 300m people, according to the first comprehensive study of the human impact of global warming.

[A family wades through flood waters to catch a relief boat, north-east of Patna, India. Photograph: Manish Swarup/AP]A family wades through flood waters to catch a relief boat, north-east of Patna, India. Photograph: Manish Swarup/AP
It projects that increasingly severe heatwaves, floods, storms and forest fires will be responsible for as many as 500,000 deaths a year by 2030, making it the greatest humanitarian challenge the world faces.

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