environment
How Climate Change Affects Public Health
Posted in Featured, Science on 2nd Mar, 2016
by Alex Muller
Low-income nations do not have enough resources to alleviate the effects of climate change on agriculture, which their economies largely depend on.
Low-carbon policies could prevent 175,000 US deaths by 2030
Posted in Featured, Medicine on 23rd Feb, 2016
by Alex Muller
Reducing U.S. climate emissions could prevent up to 175,000 pollution-related deaths nationwide by 2030 and generate health benefits of about $250 billion annually.
Sea level rise from ocean warming underestimated
Posted in Featured, Science on 16th Feb, 2016
by Alex Muller
Thermal expansion of the oceans as they warm is likely to be twice as large as previously thought, according to researchers.
Obama climate initiative: Supreme Court calls halt
Posted in Featured, Science on 10th Feb, 2016
by Alex Muller
President Barack Obama's plans to regulate emissions of carbon dioxide from US power plants have been stalled by the US Supreme Court.
Bee virus spread manmade and emanates from Europe
Posted in Featured, Science on 5th Feb, 2016
by Alex Muller
The spread of a disease that is decimating global bee populations is manmade, and driven by European honeybee populations, new research has concluded.