Carbon emissions are directly correlated with global warming, and without urgent and widespread mitigation measures, there will be a shocking increase in the number of excess deaths related to climate change. Researchers at Columbia University’s Earth Institute have attempted to quantify how many lives will be lost if global carbon emissions continue to increase. Study lead author R. Daniel Bresslerr aimed to fill a significant gap in the estimates of mortality rates associated with rising carbon emissions. The currently available projection models are majorly outdated. "Based on...