Injuries and Fatalities Will Rise Due to Climate Change, Study Says The study, conducted by researchers at Columbia and Harvard, can be found in <br />'Nature Medicine.' Researchers analyzed <br />U.S. fatalities from injuries over <br />a 37-year period until 2017. The number of deaths <br />were then associated with <br />big temperature swings each month. Because of the temperature swings, authors say an extra 2,135 people <br />could die annually in the U.S. Besides drownings and falls, the study includes human assaults related <br />to climate change. Lead author Robbie Parks, via The Verge Researchers add that higher temperatures are linked <br />to increased aggravation in people. They also point out that hotter climates lead people to consume more alcohol. This may relate to transportation accidents, which<br />the study says make up many recorded deaths when <br />the temperatures are not normal.
