Pop Quiz: Global Warming Is A Killer
by Dominic Muren, Philadelphia, USA on 05.14.08
Answer: A) 150,000
A study by the World Heath Organization found that, in 2001, 150,00 deaths were attributable to global warming. For instance, they estimated that climate change was to blame for 2.4 percent of cases of diarrhea because. . .the heat would exacerbate bacterial contamination of food. Furthermore, climate change was linked to roughly 2 percent of malaria incidences, as higher rainfall levels create more breeding grounds for mosquitoes. However, some scientists found the study tenuous at best, as it can be difficult to trace deaths directly to higher temperatures.
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Source: Common Dreams
according to whom exactly? Greenpeace?
:: Author's Note: As noted in the source, this statistic was put together by the World Health Organization. ::
We just went through the 3rd coldest winter in South Dakota in the past 100 years. Global Warming is a hoax. Its Al Gores way of trying to spur the economy on wasting money. What is the 'perfect' tempeture for you people? I'd much rather go warmer than colder. A longer growing seaseon, not having to burn so much wood to keep warm in the winter. The benefits of warming and many more than going colder. Has your body changed? Maybe you think you never get older. My point is nothing stays the same, the earth is not any different.
I would like to know if the included all the lives saved by the less intense winters (up until this year, which was exceptionally bad) that would be caused by the climate warming.
How many of those were due to the rise in temperature due to anthropogenic sources and how much was due to natural variability. Oh that's right . . . we have no clue since we don't know how much warming is caused by nature and how much by us.