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Gay people are at greater risk to the negative impacts of climate change for this specific reason…

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UCLA’s Williams Institute published a new study showing the vulnerability of same-sex couples to climate change in comparison to hetero couples.

Researchers found when there is a 1% increase in proportion of same-sex couples in a county, it coincides with a 17.7% increase in the NASA composite risk score.

The metric reflects a region’s severity of risk in regards to meteorological factors such as heat waves, extreme cold, excessive precipitation and drought.

Similarly, a 1% increase in proportion of same-sex couples in a county is associated with a 6.13% increase in the FEMA Projection Score, which focuses on natural disasters such as hurricanes, floods and tornadoes.

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