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Towards more comprehensive projections of urban heat-related mortality: Estimates for New York city under multiple population, adaptation, and climate scenarios

High temperatures have substantial impacts on mortality and, with growing concerns about climate change, numerous studies have developed projections of future heat-related deaths around the world. Projections of temperature-related mortality are often limited by insufficient information necessary to formulate hypotheses about population sensitivity to high temperatures and future demographics.

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