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<br>● Explained by {{cite news |last1=Borenstein |first1=Seth |title=New study calculates climate change's economic bite will hit about $38 trillion a year by 2049 |url=https://apnews.com/article/climate-change-damage-economy-income-costly-3e21addee3fe328f38b771645e237ff9 |work=Associated Press News |date=17 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240417162038/https://apnews.com/article/climate-change-damage-economy-income-costly-3e21addee3fe328f38b771645e237ff9 |archive-date=17 April 2024 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* 8 May (reported): in a poll by ''[[The Guardian]]'' of contactable lead authors or review editors of IPCC reports since 2018, 76.3% of respondents projected at least 2.5{{nbsp}}°C of global warming; only 5.79% forecast warming of 1.5{{nbsp}}°C or less.<ref name=Guardian_20240508>{{cite news |last1=Carrington |first1=Damian |title=World's top climate scientists expect global heating to blast past 1.5C target |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/08/world-scientists-climate-failure-survey-global-temperature |date=8 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240509191712/https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/08/world-scientists-climate-failure-survey-global-temperature |archive-date=9 May 2024 |url-status=live }} Replies were received from 380 of 843 scientists believed to have been contacted.</ref>
* March: a study published in ''[[The Lancet]]'' ''Planetary Health]]'' projected both "substantial losses" of habitat for venomous snakes by 2070, and migration of venomous species across international borders presenting new dangers to public health.<ref name=Lancet_202403>{{cite journal |last1=Martinez |first1=Pablo Ariel |last2=de Fonseca Teixeira |first2=Irene Barbosa |last3=Siqueira-Silva |first3=Tuany |last4=da Silva |first4=Franciely Fernanda Barbosa |last5=Lima |first5=Luiz Antonio Gonzaga |last6=Silveira |first6=Jonatas chaves-Silveira |title=Climate change-related distributional range shifts of venomous snakes: a predictive modelling study of effects on public health and biodiversity |journal=The Lancet (Planetary Health) |date=March 2024 |volume=8 |issue=3 |pages=E163–E171 |doi=10.1016/S2542-5196(24)00005-6 |doi-access=free |pmid=38453382 }}</ref>
* 14 May: a study published in ''[[Nature Communications]]'' forecast that by 2050, 177–246 million older adults will be exposed to dangerous acute heat, the most severe effects forecast in Asia and Africa which also have the lowest adaptive capacity.<ref name=NatureComms_20240514>{{cite journal |last1=Falchetta |first1=Giacomo |last2=De Cian |first2=Enrica |last3=Wing |first3=Ian Sue |last4=Carr |first4=Deborah |title=Global projections of heat exposure of older adults |journal=Nature Communications |date=14 May 2024 |volume=15 |issue=3678 |page=3678 |doi=10.1038/s41467-024-47197-5 |pmid=38744815 |pmc=11094092 |bibcode=2024NatCo..15.3678F }}</ref>