Tropical deforestation linked to 500,000 deaths over two decades
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A study finds that deforestation in the tropics over the past 20 years has caused over half a million deaths due to heat-related illnesses, highlighting the direct human toll of forest loss and its contribution to regional warming and climate disruption.
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- Warming due to tropical deforestation linked to 28,000 ‘excess’ deaths per year Carbon Brief
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