Media Misrepresents Study Showing Cold Related Deaths Outnumber Heat Related Deaths Ten-to-One
By
Anthony Watts -
July 9, 2021 1
A news release sent to media yesterday via the science press channel known as Eurekalert has been getting coverage, but not for the right reason. Eurekalert’s release, titled “5 million deaths a year caused by global climate related abnormal temps,” implies researchers at Monash University are claiming global warming is causing excess deaths. In truth, the Monash University study confirms what other studies have consistently shown, cold temperatures contribute to far more deaths each year than warmer temperatures and temperature related deaths are declining.
Media outlets such as Bloomberg and The Guardian immediately pounced on Eurekalert’s headline, implying extreme heat caused by climate change was causing 5 million deaths each year. In fact, heat was only responsible for a small portion of those.
The headlines are lying by omission. The report makes clear the number of deaths linked to cold temperatures decreased by more than double the amount that deaths tied to hotter temperatures increased over the period of the study.
https://climaterealism.com/2021/07/media-misrepresents-study-showing-cold-related-deaths-outnumber-heat-related-deaths-ten-to-one/
