Young people may be at much greater risk of dying from climate change-induced extreme heat than the elderly, a new study has found

Those under the age of 35 years old made up about 75 percent of recent heat-related deaths in Mexico — with a significant share falling in the 18 to 34 range, according to the study, published on Friday in Science Advances.

The findings upended existing assumptions that older people are particularly in danger of dying from the impacts of extreme heat and that younger individuals might be more resistant to these effects, the study authors stressed.

“It’s a surprise," co-author Jeffrey Shrader, an environmental and labor economist at Columbia University, said in a statement. "These are physiologically the most robust people in the population."

The researchers said they chose Mexico for their study because the country collects granular data on both mortality and daily........

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