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Category Archives: global warming
Climate change is still “the biggest global health threat of the 21st century”
Two recent reports add to the growing call for linking climate change laws with public health. From the U.K., the Lancet Commission on Health and Climate Change followed up on its 2009 announcement that global warming “is the 21st century’s … Continue reading
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New reports from IoM on Agent Orange and Biofuels
As I’ve written before, the Institute of Medicine produces plentiful publications connecting the environment to human health. Two new reports that came out at the end of 2013 are cases in point, one providing limited new data in an ongoing debate … Continue reading
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The New Water Atlas
The original California Water Atlas, a book addressing the state’s water crisis, was published in 1979. The book used maps and graphics to provide information about water supply, management, history, and governance. Almost 35 years later, computer specialists, designers, and … Continue reading
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A New Era of Climate Change by 2047?
A study published in Nature predicts that by 2047, mean temperatures will continuously fall outside the bounds of historical variability. The natural cycle of temperature fluctuation has resulted in a general trend of warming, but each year is not necessarily … Continue reading
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