Climate change worsening toll of humid heat on outdoor workers —study – GMA News Online
PARIS — A punishing mix of heat and humidity that makes outdoor labor difficult and dangerous is causing around 677 billion lost working hours a year around the world, according to a new study Thursday that warns climate change is…
IPCC Report: New Warnings on Global Warming – Energy Industry Review
According to the latest report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), issued at the end of last year, global warming causes ever-increasing and, in some cases, irreversible changes in rainfall, ocean and wind patterns in all parts of…
New Smart Pack Could Make Food Poisoning a Thing of the Past, and It’s Eco-Friendly
A new ‘smart’ form of packaging could eradicate food poisoning, according to a new study. Scientists say it kills harmful bugsâsuch as E.coli, Salmonella, and listeriaâkeeping meat, fish, fruit, and veg fresh for longer. The waterproof wrapping may also help save the planet by reducing waste, according to the research team. It looks just like […]
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In the face of climate change, it’s time to rethink regular work hours – Anthropocene Magazine
About 30% of the work hours currently being lost to extreme heat could be recovered if work schedules shifted from some of the hottest hours of the day to some of the coolest, according to a new study. The findings…
Climate change: Temperatures over the last 24,000 years find global warming unprecedented – HT Tech
The study reveals greenhouse gas concentrations are rising since the last ice age. A study by the University of Arizona examined the Earth’s climate since the last ice age, about 24,000 years ago, highlighting the main drivers of climate change…
Opinion: Marshall fire in Boulder County caps a year of climate disasters – The Colorado Sun
By Shuang-Ye Wu, University of Dayton Alongside a lingering global pandemic, the year 2021 was filled with climate disasters, some so intense they surprised even the scientists who study them. Extreme rainstorms turned to raging flash floods that swept through mountain towns…
Investigating climate change and mental health – Medical News Today
Share on PinterestA youth walks over dried mud on the banks of a river after waters from the seasonal monsoon rains receded in Allahabad, India. Photo by Prabhat Kumar Verma/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images Researchers have explored the relationship between…
’60 Minutes’ Whines About Wine Despite Data Showing Bountiful Grape Yields
In a segment in CBS’s long-running weekly news program 60 Minutes, Leslie Stahl interviewed a few vintners in France who say climate change is destroying its wine and champagne industries. Data shows otherwise. Although France suffered low production in 2021 due…
Climate Change and Infections on the Move in North America | IDR – Dove Medical Press
Introduction Climate change is directly and indirectly impacting human health now.1,2 The impacts will continue along this trajectory, in most development and emission scenarios, growing in scope and scale, without substantial elimination of the root cause of the climate crisis:…
The Civil Beat Editorial Board Interview: UH Climate Expert Chip Fletcher – Honolulu Civil Beat
Editor’s note: The Civil Beat Editorial Board and reporters spoke with Chip Fletcher, associate dean for academic affairs at the School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology at the University of Hawaii Manoa. He is also chairman of Honolulu’s Climate…
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