Claim: ‘Climate Change May Already Be Costing American Lives’
New research suggests that U.S. climate change, and the unpredictable temperature swings it can bring, may boost death rates in seniors. "Temperature variability emerges as a key feature in the potential impacts of climate change. The take-home message: Unusual temperature is bad for people's health," said study author Liuhua Shi, a graduate student in the department of environmental health at Harvard's School of Public Health in Boston.
