Pin Wang (@pinwang.bsky.social)

#ClimateChange causes more frequent and severe #drought events globally. Our latest paper on PLOS Medicine shows that exposure to long-term severe drought (but not any drought) was associated with increased infant mortality risk in Africa. @kaichenyale.bsky.social journals.plos.org/plosmedicine...

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Long-term drought and risk of infant mortality in Africa: A cross-sectional study Author summary Why was this done? Climate change is projected to result in a higher frequency and intensity of drought events. Previous studies have found rainfall anomaly to be associated with i... https://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.1004516