Mortality associated with non-optimal ambient temperatures from 2000 to 2019(www.researchgate.net)
55 pointsby simonebrunozzi10 hours ago7 comments
  • eikenberry5 hours ago
    Maybe we could start adding flags to sites that block browsers with a failed Cloudflare "Security Check".

    archived version w/o check: https://web.archive.org/web/20260701193209/https://www.resea...

  • adamddev17 hours ago
    Weird. I remember hearing about how one of they key markers for longevity was exposure to heat and cold.
    • 7622366 hours ago
      Acute heat exposure, like 45 minutes where sweat is starting to accumulate on your skin, causes capillary growth and other adaptations some weeks later. If you don't have those adaptations already when exposed to heat, and you're weak, you're going to be in trouble.
      • EGreg5 hours ago
        Are we distinguishing eustress and distress?
      • stavros6 hours ago
        I guess this explains how I could play tennis for two hours in the sun in 35 degree heat (35 C in shade). I guess I'd better not try it again now that I haven't done it for a while.
        • asdff5 hours ago
          Couple sessions in the schvitz first perhaps
  • mrtksn5 hours ago
    This must be relevant due to the air conditioning meme about Europe. Anyway, sometimes I just like to turn of the AC and enjoy the +30C summer heat at low humidity however I can’t stand +24C when it’s humid. It’s not just the temperature.
    • cozzyd5 hours ago
      right the more important function of the AC for me is dehumdification.
  • wartywhoa234 hours ago
    Oh no, brace for the self-heat-insulation and climate lockdowns.
  • petarb6 hours ago
    So no cold plunging and then sauna?
    • readme6 hours ago
      That's probably still very healthy. The study looks at deaths per year at non-optimal temperatures. Living in a desert is different than taking a sauna.
      • stephen_g3 hours ago
        Yeah, I expect it's pretty similar to how long-term, constant stress is correlated to poor longevity, but frequent bouts of short term stress of intense exercise followed by recovery is correlated with good longevity.
  • groby_b7 hours ago
    "Sub-Saharan Africa had the highest cold-related excess death rate"

    That's an interesting choice. It conflates cold-related excess deaths in the equatorial lowlands (which struggle to ever get below 70F/20C) and the southern highlands (like Lesotho, which routinely goes below freezing in June/July). Both are sub-saharan.

    Of course, that may just be a bad summary, but it puts it onto the "should probably verify the results before I trust it" pile of papers, something that's sadly growing at an ever-increasing pace.

  • Geee6 hours ago
    It seems like they use obscure language (non-optimal, excess) on purpose to try to somehow connect global warming into the obvious fact that a lot of people die in cold temperatures if they don't have a warm shelter, and sometimes people die in hot temperatures if they don't drink enough. And the article is full of global warming fear mongering, although they found that temp-related mortality has decreased from 2000 to 2019.
    • Bjartr5 hours ago
      What makes that obscure language for an academic paper?

      Why is using obscure language a tactic for linking an idea to global warming?

      What claims do you feel are fear mongering?

      • Geee4 hours ago
        Well, to me it reads as "climate change causes people to die", although the opposite is true and their own results show that. It's obvious because people die overwhelmingly from cold compared to heat.
        • atoava minute ago
          [delayed]
        • fluffybucktsnek3 hours ago
          You know climate change isn't just places getting hotter, right?
          • Geee2 hours ago
            The article is about mortality related to ambient temperatures. People have always died from ambient temperatures, that's why we have clothes and homes.