While people tend to think of drowning as a summer safety risk, more children and young adults are drowning now that winters are getting warmer, according to a new study.
The study, published in the journal PLOS One, looked at 4,000 drownings in 10 northern countries including Canada, the U.S., Finland, Sweden and Germany over the past 10 to 30 years.
The researchers found that winter air temperatures were closely linked to the number of drownings that happen each winter.