New research from Columbia University, Harvard University and others suggest that rising global temperatures may lead to things like agitation and heavy drinking — increasing the rate of accidental death.
As wildfires continue to rage through Australia — creating a scene that some have characterized as a “harbinger of the planet’s future” — researchers are looking into what effect the warming planet may have on our health. The new study, published in the journal Nature this week, represents a joint effort between researchers at Imperial College London, Columbia University and Harvard University.
To conduct the study, researchers pulled from the National Center for Health Statistics ’s data on injury deaths in the U.S. from 1980 to 2017. In that time frame, over six million injury deaths occurred nationwide, caused by a range of accidents including accidental injuries as well as intentional ones . Over four million of those deaths occurred in men and boys.
Although it may seem plausible that warmer temperatures are conducive to good health, statistics often show the opposite. Deaths by suicide, for example, are highest each year in the spring and summer. Experts theorize that the increase in temperature may help slightly lift the weight of depression — increasing energy while simultaneously bringing suicidal thoughts to the surface.
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