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Study: Vanishing Nutrients – a climate change hazard you probably haven’t heard of
This article discusses vanishing nutrients – a climate change hazard you probably haven’t heard of.
Is it possible to starve yourself of nutrients while simultaneously gaining weight? It turns out the answer is yes. According to a growing body of research, rising carbon dioxide levels are making our food less nutritious, […]
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Study: Climate change likely to make us more stupid
This article discusses a study that postulates that climate change is likely to make us more stupid. Rising levels of carbon dioxide could affect concentration and decision-making of global workforce.
Rising carbon dioxide emissions could cause a decline in the brainpower of workers around the world, according to new research.
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Report: Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: shaping the health of nations for centuries to come
This article discusses the 2018 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: shaping the health of nations for centuries to come.
The Lancet Countdown: tracking progress on health and climate change was established to provide an independent, global monitoring system dedicated to tracking the health dimensions of […]
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Report: Save millions of lives by tackling climate change, says WHO
This article discusses a World Health Organization recommendation to that would save millions of lives – tackle climate change. Global warming and fossil fuel pollution already killing many, UN climate summit told.
Tackling climate change would save at least a million lives a year, the World Health […]
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Study: Can we grow more food on less land? We’ll have to.
This article discusses whether we can grow more food on less land? We’ll have to.
If the world hopes to make meaningful progress on climate change, it won’t be enough for cars and factories to get cleaner. Our cows and wheat fields will have to become radically more […]
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7 Tips For Your Community – Alarming New National Climate Assessment
This article discusses 7 Tips For Your Community – Alarming New National Climate Assessment.
A community in Pittsburgh was alarmed by the high rate of asthma and related illnesses in their children and cardiovascular diseases in their adults and attributed them to pollutants from the Shenanago Coke Works facility, which baked […]
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Study: Cascading Health Risks From the Changing Climate
This article discusses a study that warns of cascading health risks from the changing climate.
Crop yields are declining. Tropical diseases like dengue fever are showing up in unfamiliar places, including in the United States. Tens of millions of people are exposed to extreme heat.
These are […]
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Report: Midwest farms may suffer huge losses from intense heat
This article discusses how Midwest farms may suffer huge losses from intense heat.
The federal government’s latest report on climate change warns of specific dangers to Midwest agriculture production, which comprises a significant portion of the economies of Kansas and Missouri.
Increasing temperatures and more extreme weather patterns such as flooding and […]
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Trump administration report: Hampton Roads facing more flooding, economic losses and bad news
This article discusses how Hampton Roads, Virginia, is facing more flooding, economic losses and bad news because of climate change.
The region will face increasingly frequent flooding, steep economic losses, worse traffic and serious risks to human health because of climate change, according to a new national report.
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Study: Global warming will increase heat-related death and disease
This article discusses a study (The Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change) that shows that global warming will increase heat-related death and disease.
Climate change is making more people around the world vulnerable to heat exposure, putting them at greater risk of heart and kidney disease, heat stress, and […]
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