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20 Apr 2018 |
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Is Climate Change Turning the World’s Crops Toxic?
A newly-released report from the UN has found that extreme climate conditions around the world may be having a detrimental effect on our crops. In the face of elevated temperatures, certain crops are susceptible to produce more chemicals than normal in a bid to defend themselves. This accumulation of chemicals could be potentially ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Scientists identify ways to prevent heat-related deaths from climate change
By the 2080s, as many as 3,331 people could die every year from exposure to heat during the summer months in New York City. The high estimate by Columbia University scientists is based on a new model—the first to account for variability in future population size, greenhouse gas trajectories, and the extent to which residents ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Short Answers to Hard Questions About Climate Change
The issue can be overwhelming. The science is complicated. Predictions about the fate of the planet carry endless caveats and asterisks.We get it.So we’ve put together a list of quick answers to often-asked questions about climate change. This should give you a running start on understanding the problem.
20 Apr 2018 |
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Too much sun? Rising heat hits health, water in San Diego
Sunny skies and mild temperatures are a trademark of San Diego, which help make its tourism industry the third largest in the country — amounting to nearly $9.9 billion annually, which translates to a regional impact of over $16 billion generated for the economy, according to the San Diego Tourism Authority.But San Diego is about ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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More than 30 Scientific Societies Urge Congress to Stop Denying Climate Change
For a while now, scientists have been dealing with a steady stream of climate change denial from the U.S. Congress with a mix of wit and thinly veiled exasperation, but it looks like they’ve finally run out of patience because some of the top scientific organizations in the country just got together and sent Congress […]
20 Apr 2018 |
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We Can Expect More Outbreaks Like Zika As the Climate Changes
The factors leading to the current Zika outbreak won’t be clear for some time, but environmental health experts say there’s a good chance such infectious diseases will become more common as the global climate warms. Mosquitoes, the blood-sucking insects responsible for transmitting Zika virus in Brazil and more than 20 other ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Will the health dangers of climate change get people to care? The science says: maybe
Climate change is a major public health threat, already making existing problems like asthma, exposure to extreme heat, food poisoning, and infectious disease more severe, and posing new risks from climate change-related disasters, including death or injury.
20 Apr 2018 |
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Photo feature: climate change worsens arsenic poisoning
In many parts of eastern India, Bangladesh and southern Pakistan, overuse of groundwater first brought the level of arsenic above the safe limit of 0.05 milligrams per litre of drinking water, as prescribed by the World Health Organisation. Now, as climate change reduces the rate at which rainwater seeps underground, the arsenic ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Southern California leaders to fight climate change’s effects on health
Climate change threatens to undermine the last 50 years in economic development and progress in global public health unless leaders from every sector work to change dependence on fossil fuels, a new report concluded.The report, published Monday in The Lancet, Britain’s medical journal, is considered a major study on climate change ...