While we often think about the environmental effects of climate change, we don’t always consider how those environmental changes can affect human health.  Global warming is one of the most prevalent issues associated with climate change and while many people have noticed the effects of this issue, not many know the health issues that come from this increased global temperature. According to the EPA, unusually hot summers with high temperatures and heat waves have become more and more common over the years.  With this increase in hot weather comes an increase in heat related deaths. For instance, the rate of heat related deaths in the United States has increased from 1979-2018.  In 1979, the rate of deaths was 0.240 per million people.  In 2018, that increased to 1.635 per million people, making the total change 1.395 per million people and making the percent change between 1979 and 2018 a 581.25% increase.  With a growth factor of 6.81, you can see the large increase in deaths caused by heat in the last 40 years alone.  Climate change, especially global warming, can have an extreme adverse effect on human health, which we are already starting to see.  If we don’t do something to keep the global temperatures from becoming even more extreme, we can expect to see the rise in heat related deaths become even higher.

https://www.epa.gov/climate-indicators/climate-change-indicators-heat-related-deaths