--- title: Climate Change: Extreme Heat in New York Could Kill 3,300 description: Heat related deaths could kill as many as 3,300 New Yorkers annually by 2080, according to new research. canonical: https://time.com/4382496/climate-change-heat-deaths/ author: Justin Worland article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-06-24T21:01:58.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T22:51:08.759Z article:section: Science og:title: Extreme Heat Could Kill 3,300 New Yorkers a Year by 2080 og:description: Heat related deaths could kill as many as 3,300 New Yorkers annually by 2080, according to new research. og:url: https://time.com/4382496/climate-change-heat-deaths/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt543ebf1e0d516063/6988996bcd1bba31fb7013fd/heat-wave-new-york.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2560 og:image:height: 1440 og:image:alt: People walk near the World Trade Center during a heat wave in Manhattan, New York og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Extreme Heat Could Kill 3,300 New Yorkers a Year by 2080 twitter:description: Heat related deaths could kill as many as 3,300 New Yorkers annually by 2080, according to new research. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt543ebf1e0d516063/6988996bcd1bba31fb7013fd/heat-wave-new-york.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Extreme Heat Could Kill 3,300 New Yorkers a Year by 2080 > Sponsored content. 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People walk near the World Trade Center during a heat wave in New York July 19, 2013.Eduardo Munoz—Reuters  by [Justin Worland](https://time.com/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Senior Correspondent Jun 24, 2016 9:01 PM UTC [Heat related deaths](http://time.com/4280796/white-house-climate-change-public-health/) could kill as many as 3,300 New Yorkers annually by 2080, according to new [research](http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/advpub/2016/6/EHP166.acco.pdf). Researchers behind the study, published in the journal _Environmental Health Perspectives_, evaluated how a combination of rising temperatures due to climate change and changing population patterns would contribute to a spike in heat-related deaths. The projection represents a sharp spike from the average of around 640 annual heat-related deaths between 2000 and 2006. Reducing greenhouse gas emissions could reduce the chances of such high levels of mortality, researchers said. Governments from around the world have [already committed](http://time.com/4146764/paris-agreement-climate-cop-21/) to working to keep temperature rise to 2°C (3.6°F) by 2100, but it remains to be seen if that can be accomplished. **MORE** [Future Summers Could Leave Heat Records in the Dust, Study Says](http://June 13, 2016 02:09 PM http://time.com/4367093/summer-heat-climate-change/) “Climate change is creating more days of extreme heat, putting more people at risk for death in the coming decades,” study author Elisaveta Petkova, a researcher at Columbia University’s Earth Institute, said in a [statement](https://www.mailman.columbia.edu/public-health-now/news/scientists-identify-ways-prevent-heat-related-deaths-climate-change). “Many of these deaths can be averted by limiting greenhouse gas emissions and pursuing measures to help people adapt to high temperatures.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4382496/climate-change-heat-deaths/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4382496/climate-change-heat-deaths/"},"headline":"Extreme Heat Could Kill 3,300 New Yorkers a Year by 2080","datePublished":"2016-06-24T21:01:58.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T22:51:08.759Z","description":"That's a spike from around 600 annually just a few years ago","url":"https://time.com/4382496/climate-change-heat-deaths/","keywords":["climate change","New York City"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt543ebf1e0d516063/6988996bcd1bba31fb7013fd/heat-wave-new-york.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Justin Worland","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/justin-worland/"}],"articleSection":"Science","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt543ebf1e0d516063/6988996bcd1bba31fb7013fd/heat-wave-new-york.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"People walk near the World Trade Center during a heat wave in Manhattan, New York","caption":"People walk near the World Trade Center during a heat wave in Manhattan, New York, July 19, 2013. 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