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Multiple articles from Yale Climate Connection
These Yale Climate Connection articles discuss:
Why it’s not good to ignore people’s emotions about climate change. Many people feel helplessness, hopelessness, anger, and fear when they hear about the topic.
How to talk about climate change at social gatherings. A guide to bringing up the topic without turning into Debbie Downer.
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In Florida, Doctors See Climate Change Hurting Their Most Vulnerable Patients
This NPR article discusses the health impact from climate change on poor people in Florida.
And it may only be getting worse. The 2018 National Climate Assessment noted that the southeastern United States is already experiencing “more and longer summer heat waves.” By 2050, experts say, rising global temperatures are expected to […]
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Study: Stopping Human-Caused Air Pollution Would Prevent 5.6 Million Air Pollution Deaths Per Year
This article discusses a study that shows that if we stop human-caused air pollution, it would prevent 5.6 million air pollution deaths per year.
If humans stopped emitting air pollution, an astonishing 5.6 million premature deaths per year due to global outdoor air pollution could be prevented, according to research […]
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Study: Where Disease-Carrying Mosquitoes Will Go In The Future
This NPR article discusses just how far north mosquitoes could migrate because of climate change.
Based on estimates of future temperatures across the world, the authors of a study published this week in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases mapped where the mosquitoes that transmit diseases like dengue and Zika might travel if […]
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Residents shout down oil and gas execs over fracking at US Steel mill
This Daily Climate article discusses how some anti-fracking activists shout down oil and gas execs over fracking at US Steel mill.
Tensions ran hot Wednesday night during a community meeting about proposed fracking at the site of U.S. Steel’s Edgar Thomson Steel mill in Braddock, 10 miles east of downtown Pittsburgh.
Fracking, another […]
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Cyclone Idai Lays Bare Deadly Reality of Climate Change in Africa
This article discusses how climate change is affecting Africa. Although experts have said it was too early to draw specific conclusions from Idai, for a continent already wracked by the effects of climate change, the Tropical Cyclone has been another chilling reminder of the destructive power of the kind of storms […]
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Dirty lies: how the car industry hid the truth about diesel emissions
This The Guardian article discusses how the car industry hid the truth about diesel emissions. The ‘Dieselgate’ scandal was suppressed for years – while we should have been driving electric cars.
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Study: Spinach, strawberries and kale – the most pesticide-tainted produce
This Environmental Health News article discusses the need to eliminate pesticides. Spinach, strawberries and kale top annual report on the most pesticide-tainted produce. Annual analysis finds almost 70 percent of U.S. fruits and vegetables have pesticide residues. If you’re going to buy organic, strawberries, spinach, kale, nectarines and apples might be […]
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Report: The Dangerous Food Additive That’s Not on the Label
This article discusses a dangerous food additive that’s not on the label. Perchlorate, a byproduct of bleach and packaging, is found in organic, conventional, and bulk foods alike—and it has an outsized impact on children’s health. The website is an excellent source of information on food.
A report released earlier […]
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This is how climate change takes a toll on the heart
This Anthropocene Magazine article discusses how climate change takes a toll on the heart.
Doctors know that cold temperatures can trigger heart attacks. But the effect of hot weather on heart attack risk has been more difficult to establish. Now, a team of German researchers has found evidence that heat-induced heart […]
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