global warming

In 2005, the World Health Organization estimated that global warming was already contributing to more than 150,000 deaths each year - 410 deaths every day. The toll could double by 2030. (Juliet Eilperin, ‘Climate Shift Tied To 150,000 Fatalities,’ Washington Post, November 17, 2005; http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/16/AR2005111602197.html)