Dangerous temperatures could kill 50% more Europeans by 2100, study finds

Net increase of 80,000 deaths a year projected in hottest scenario, with milder winters failing to redress balanceDangerous temperatures could kill 50% more people in Europe by the end of the century, a study has found, with the lives lost to stronger heat projected to outnumber those saved from milder cold.The researchers estimated an extra 8,000 people would die each year as a result of "suboptimal temperatures" even under the most optimistic scenario for cutting planet-heating pollution. The hottest plausible scenario they considered showed a net increase of 80,000 temperature-related deaths a year. Continue reading...