About 85% of the world's population already lives in areas experiencing the effects of human-induced climate change, according to a new study.
Researchers in Berlin compiled data from more than 100,000 impact studies analyzing detectable environmental signals of human-induced climate change, finding that the evidence for how climate change is impacting communities is continuing to grow.
The research also looked at how rising temperatures change precipitation patterns and affect crop yields and local ecosystems, and it found that human-attributable changes in temperature and precipitation are now occurring in 80% of the world's land area, where about 85% of the global population resides, Callaghan said.
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