It takes your breath away: In 20 years, annual Wildfire Smoke deaths rise by 12,000 A Year
New analysis shows that smoke from wildfires kills about 12,000 people more a year than from the same cause two decades ago. Most of the deaths are in Europe, Australia, South America and Asia.
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“Global heating is causing more of the planet to be burned from wildfires,” The Guardian reported, “and probably killing an extra 12,000 people a year from breathing in smoke, new research has found.” The authors of the study also said they expect deaths from wildfire smoke to continue to rise.
And what’s to blame? Yes, much of it is from global warming, which was the major factor as the studies compared green-area decreases worldwide in relation to climate conditions, which include rising heat and drought.
The analysis comes as NASA recently reported that 2024 will be recorded as the hottest year since data was kept in the mid-19th century, with the World Bank adding that “Water deficits are fast becoming the new normal. Over the last half century, extreme “dry rainfall shocks” – i.e., below-average rainfall — have increased 233% in certain regions.”
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