Scientists warn super El Nino could cause 450,000 deaths: Should we worry?

The record global heat caused by this year’s powerful “super El Nino” could cause nearly half a million excess deaths worldwide by early next year, according to a report (PDF) published by the global research collaboration, Climate Impact Lab, on Wednesday.So what does the report reveal, how has climate change supercharged the effects of El Nino and should we all be really worried?Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3UN warns El Nino could be ‘off the charts’, strongest in decadeslist 2 of 3Global ocean temperatures hit record high as El Nino intensifieslist 3 of 3El Nino set to be most intense ‘for over a century’: UK forecastersend of listWhat does the report say?Climate Impact Lab (CIL)’s report has found that as many as 451,000 more heat-related deaths between June this year and the end of February 2027 could be caused by the effects of El Nino, than the number expected in an average year.The study’s authors came to their projections after researching the relationship between temperature and excess mortality in 24,378 regions, taking local climate and vulnerability into account.They combined those findings with temperature forecasts to estimate excess deaths which coul...