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.