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Now Where Did We Put That Respirator?
For every 1 degree Celsius globe warms, some 21,000 people could die, says study |
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04 Jan 2008 |
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| Posted at 3:06 PM on 04 Jan 2008 For every 1 degree Celsius of anthropogenic global warming, some 21,000 people worldwide could die, including more than 1,000 in the U.S., says a new study in Geophysical Research Letters. According to computer modeling by researcher Mark Jacobson, increased air pollution due to rising carbon-dioxide levels will lead to more fatalities. "Th ... |
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