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Europe records thousands of deaths this summer due to climate change
Researchers in a preliminary study estimated that more than 15,000 deaths may be attributed to Climate change by the end of this summer in European cities Greater. "Imperial College London" and"London School of Hijin and Tropic Medicine". "This study, which focused on 854 European cities, concluded that climate change is the cause of 68% of the 24400 deaths associated with Free this summer "
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This study is the first wide estimate of healthy consequences for a chapter characterized by a sharp rise in temperatures in Europe, which has seen many of its countries the most free summer ever, including Spain, Portugal and the United Kingdom. To present to the risk of death. The researchers first as a model for the extent to which climate warming contributed to the high temperatures this summer, and concluded that had it not been for climate change, the medium temperatures in the cities included in the study would have been 2.2 degrees Celsius. They found that climate warming contributed to the death of more than 800 people in Rome, more than 600 in Athens, and more than 400 in Paris, for example. In general, more than 85% of these deaths were due to people over the age of 65 years. - For more: Follow Khaleejion 24 Arabic, Khaleejion 24 English, Khaleejion 24 Live, and for social media follow us on Facebook and Twitter
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