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Other NewsEditorialsPentagon armed to fight global warming.The entry of the Pentagon-Intelligence community adds a new wrinkle to the global warming debate in Washington. Up to now it's been primarily a partisan political struggle with liberal Democrats, in the main, deploring global warming as a threat to civilization itself and Republicans, for the most part, pooh-poohing it as nutty science. Newark Star-Ledger 14 Aug Wooded bliss.If US Representative Ed Markey of Massachusetts has his way, poor countries in Africa, Asia, and South America will soon send emissaries to far-flung forest hamlets to compensate villagers and sustainable farmers who do not cut down the trees. Boston Globe 22 Jul Global warming threat looms large over Hawaii.A comprehensive White House analysis of global climate change predicts potentially severe consequences for Hawaii and other Pacific islands. Strong preparations need to be made to minimize global warming. Honolulu Star-Bulletin 17 Jun OpinionDengue and climate change.The upsurge in dengue is one of the clearest manifestations of climate change. In the past, dengue peaked only during the rainy season. However, the unpredictable weather condition brought about by climate change has made the deadly disease a year-round occurrence in our country. Cebu Daily News 01 Feb Do we need to say our prayers?Even with trust in the power of God, Kenya is a country on the brink of disaster. As news reports show, the country's rivers are drying, its more remote areas are turning to desert, and the food chain - from land, to animals, to humans - is breaking down. BBC 06 Jan Climate change endangers our public health.Health impacts aren’t frequently raised as a global warming issue, but they are a very real and serious threat. Torrington Register Citizen 02 Jan Time for a smarter approach to global warming.The saddest fact of climate change—and the chief reason we should be concerned about finding a proper response—is that the countries it will hit hardest are already among the poorest and most long-suffering. Wall Street Journal 15 Dec From Copenhagen to Congress.The president should commit to getting strong U.S. climate legislation. Mr. Obama can then take the high road from Copenhagen to Congress, and then on to a treaty that effectively confronts the signal environmental challenge of our time. Wall Street Journal 09 Dec If it warms up, who's going to pay?Without a deal on how to cope with the possible effects of climate change, there will be no agreement in Copenhagen—or at any future conference, for that matter. Wall Street Journal 07 Dec We'll struggle to survive climate change .I don't think most people will survive climate change. It will be a disaster. We have to adapt to survive and take lessons from nature. Adaptable things do better - the more specialised you become, the more marginal you are. New Scientist 14 Nov Scientist: Climate change 'playing havoc' with health systems.Global warming has brought an increase in heat-related deaths, food poisoning and tick-borne diseases, but flu pandemics may decline as temperatures rise, according to Jan Semenza, advisor at the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. Euractiv 12 Nov |
Health and life insurers grapple with climate effects.Biting bugs are buzzing northward and asthma has spread like a dust cloud, but there are deep divisions about how concerned health and life insurers should be about disease and death caused by climate change. ClimateWire 10 Mar A climate storm ... of bugs.
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As climatologists weather the IPCC controversy, another storm is brewing, filled not with bloggers but with beasts, bugs and bacteria. Projected changes in the Earth's climate may unleash a potential plague of infectious diseases. Scientific American 04 Mar Rising temperatures bring threat of malaria deaths.Ireland can expect a rise in water- and food-borne deaths, particularly among the elderly, because of climate change. Dublin Irish Independent 26 Feb Climate change 'has effects on health.'The high numbers of people who die during the winter months, particularly as a result of respiratory disease and heart failure, may decrease because of global warming, an all-Ireland conference on the health implications of climate change has been told. Dublin Irish Times 26 Feb Minister's plea on climate change.Farmers in Tanzania are continuing to dig deep into their pockets to buy pesticides to fight crop diseases that are emerging due to climate change, according to Agriculture minister Stephen Wassira. Dar es Salaam Citizen 25 Feb Disease peril from global warming.Prof Mike Gill, co-chairman of the British Climate and Health Council, has warned that countries such as Ireland could be at risk from tropical diseases such as malaria and dengue fever in the future. Dublin Irish Times 23 Feb The aftertaste of milk and meat.
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The livestock population is exploding as demand for meat and milk products grows in developing countries. An estimated 70 percent of all newly emerging infectious human diseases originate in animals. How will climate change affect that? A new report explores the links. UN IRIN 19 Feb Water at core of climate change impacts-UN experts.The main impact of climate change will be on water supplies, experts said on Sunday. Desertification, flash floods, melting glaciers, heatwaves, cyclones or water-borne diseases such as cholera are among global warming impacts inextricably tied to water. Reuters 08 Feb Climate change to hit public health hard.Climate change will have an adverse effect on public health -- particularly that of children -- including malnutrition, waterborne diseases, cholera, skin and eye diseases, and cardiovascular diseases, environmental health experts warned at a forum on Saturday. Dhaka Daily Star 31 Jan Deadly animal diseases poised to infect humans.The world is facing a growing threat from new diseases that are jumping the human-animal species barrier as a result of environmental disruption, global warming and the progressive urbanisation of the planet, scientists have warned. London Independent 04 Jan WHO warns climate change bad for health.World Health Organization Director-General Margaret Chan says the relationship between climate change and health is obvious. Voice of America 03 Jan Is global warming making avian flu virus more lethal?That's the million-dollar question bothering scientists as they embark upon research to shed light on the characteristics of host-switching infectious agents. Indo-Asian News Service 02 Jan Climate change increasing malaria risk, research reveals.Rising temperatures on the slopes of Mount Kenya have put an extra 4 million people at risk of malaria, research funded by the UK government warned today. Press Association 01 Jan Dust: Tiny particles with a big impact.
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Scientists are beginning to have new respect for the way dust alters the environment and affects the health of people, animals and plants. As global warming raises temperatures and forests are cleared, the amount of dust swirling through the Earth's atmosphere is expected to grow. McClatchy Newspapers 31 Dec Global warming blamed for rise in malaria on Mount Kenya.Global warming has caused a seven-fold increase in cases of malaria on the slopes of Mount Kenya, a British-funded research team has found. London Times 31 Dec Climate change blamed for rise in diseases.The outbreak of mosquito-borne diseases like dengue and chikungunya in Sarawak could be attributed to the phenomenon of climate change. Kuching Borneo Post 31 Dec New warning on food security for Horn of Africa.The European Commission Humanitarian Aid Department has raised a red flag over the worsening food security situation in the Horn of Africa, warning that more than 16 million people could face famine due to severe and prolonged droughts caused by climate change. Inter Press Service 31 Dec Drying, drying, disappearing.Lake Chad was bigger than Israel less than 50 years ago. Today its surface area is les than a tenth of its earlier size, amid forecasts the lake could disappear altogether within 20 years. Inter Press Service 26 Dec Pollution poisons our health.Pollution causes terrible human misery, devastating health concerns and has been directly linked to global warming. Anderson Herald Bulletin 26 Dec As global temperatures rise, so too, do health risks.
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There may still be some debate over what's causing climate change, but, amid all the back-and-forth in Copenhagen over economics and development, there was no debate about the fact that something's up, and that it's changing lives. PBS NewsHour 25 Dec |
