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Two degrees increase in the global temperature by 2050 would heighten the loss of life according to an Australian research.

The Queensland University of Technology and CSIRO have designated scientists to perform the world's first ever study about the "years of life lost" because of climate change.

The research was concentrated on the city of Brisbane, which famously has a subtropical weather. Adrian Barnett, Associate Prof. from the University's Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, said the increase in the temperature in Brisbane by two degrees from now till 2050 would lead to an additional 381 years of loss of life every year.

The two-degree increase in temperature is what is implied by the United Nation's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change as dangerous. But the risky situation can be overcome by undertaking aggressive measures to minimize greenhouse gas emissions.

Prof. Barnett explained the increase of temperature by more than two degrees would definitely be disastrous. A four-degree increase would lead to an additional 3242 years of life lost every year in the said city.

The measurement of years of life lost provides more weight to deaths at earlier ages rather than concentrating merely on the elderly.

The scientists focused on using the years of life lost measurement since they believe that a lot of temperature-connected deaths were discovered in the elderly, which would significantly lessen the temperature's public health importance as opposed to other matters.

Scientists claimed that they have discovered the contrary, with shockingly high years of life lost measurement.

On a lighter note, part of the research found out that the increase by one degree would lead to a decrease in the rate of life lost.

One reason for such event is that the increase in heat-associated years of life lost is compensated by the reduction in cold-associated years of life lost. According to scientists deaths related to cold temperature are relative, even in Brisbane's city with a tropical climate.

The Australian research has already been published in the Nature Climate Change journal.