**Enduring impacts of El Niño on life expectancy in past and future climates**

"_Climate projections under moderate emissions pathways suggest a cumulative decline of 2.8 years in life expectancy by 2100, amounting to US$35 trillion losses, with most of the monetary burden falling on the middle-aged population._"

Xu, Y., Zhu, W., Samanta, D. et al. Enduring impacts of El Niño on life expectancy in past and future climates. Nat. Clim. Chang. (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-025-02534-4.

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