For example, in a previous study, we estimated that, between 2046 and 2051, more than 82 million people will likely be affected by "smoke waves," defined as two or more days with unhealthy levels of PM2.5 from fire, in northern California, western Oregon, and the...
The increase in surface air temperature in China has been faster than the global rate, and more high temperature spells are expected to occur in future. Here we assess the annual heat-related mortality in densely populated cities of China at 1.5 °C a
820 million to heatwaves; 920 million to water scarcity and one billion children to dangerously high levels of air pollution. Looking at the problem from different perspectives provides convergent evidence for an estimate of 1 billion deaths at 2 °C of warming: The estimate corresponds to 10% ...