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ArticleNature climate change2025

Tropical deforestation is associated with considerable heat-related mortality.

C L Reddington, C Smith, E W Butt, J C A Baker, B F A Oliveira, E I Yamba, D V Spracklen

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Article in Nature climate change, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

C L ReddingtonInstitute for Climate and Atmospheric Science, School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-5990-4966
C SmithInstitute for Climate and Atmospheric Science, School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-2705-8398
E W ButtInstitute for Climate and Atmospheric Science, School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-6087-4848
J C A BakerInstitute for Climate and Atmospheric Science, School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-3720-4758
B F A OliveiraFiocruz Regional Office of Piauí, National School of Public Health, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Teresina, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0003-0103-3309
E I YambaDepartment of Meteorology and Climate Science, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana.ORCID 0000-0002-0486-9921
D V SpracklenInstitute for Climate and Atmospheric Science, School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-7551-4597

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tropical deforestation induces local warming and is a potential human health risk, having been linked to elevated human heat stress and reduced safe outdoor working hours. Here we show deforestation-induced local warming is associated with 28,000 (95% confidence interval: 23,610-33,560) heat-related deaths per year using a pan-tropical assessment. Analysis of satellite data shows tropical deforestation during 2001-2020 exposed 345 million people to local warming with population-weighted daytime land surface warming of 0.27 °C. Estimated heat-related mortality rates are greatest in Southeast Asia (8-11 deaths for every 100,000 people living in deforested areas) followed by tropical regions of Africa and the Americas. In regions of forest loss, local warming from deforestation could account for over one third of total climate heat-related mortality, highlighting the important contribution of tropical deforestation to ongoing warming and heat-related health risks within the context of climate change.

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