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Flooding in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., in 2023. By 2049, costs from the effects climate change could total more than $38 trillion annually. Cristobal Herrera-Ulashkevich/EPA, via Shutterstock ...

“The health effects of climate change are happening whether or not we fund the science to understand them,” said Dr. Darrow, who is finishing up an N.I.H.-funded project on extreme heat.

Researchers have called for keeping the planet’s warming to less than 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) to avoid the worst impacts of climate change.