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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 March 2010.
A climate storm of bugs and bacteria.
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. 4 March 2010.
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, Ireland. 26 February 2010.
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, Ireland. 26 February 2010.
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, Tanzania. 25 February 2010.
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, Ireland. 23 February 2010.
The aftertaste of more milk and meat.
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 February 2010.
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. 8 February 2010.
Dengue 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, Philippines. Opinion, 1 February 2010.
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, Bangladesh. 31 January 2010.
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. 3 January 2010.
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. 2 January 2010.
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, Connecticut. 2 January 2010.
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. 1 January 2010.
Dust: Tiny particles with a big impact.
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 December 2009.
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, United Kingdom. 31 December 2009.
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, Borneo. 31 December 2009.
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 December 2009.
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 December 2009.
Pollution poisons our health.
Pollution causes terrible human misery, devastating health concerns and has been directly linked to global warming. Anderson Herald Bulletin, Indiana. 26 December 2009.
As global temperatures rise, so too, do health risks.
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 December 2009.
Warming has already boosted insect breeding.
Summertime and the insect breeding is easy. That's especially true for 44 species of moths and butterflies in Central Europe, new research finds. As the region has warmed since the 1980s, some of these species have added an extra generation during the summer for the first time on record in that location. Science News. 25 December 2009.
WHO raises health issues at Copenhagen.
The World Health Organization held a "side event" for public health officials in Copenhagen, Thursday, in an effort to put public health at the center of the climate-change debate. CNN. 20 December 2009.
Seasonal rains elude East Africa.
Millions of people in drought-stricken East Africa face hunger and poverty after seasonal rains failed again, withering crops, killing livestock and drying up ponds and streams, an aid group said on Thursday. South African Press Association, South Africa. 18 December 2009.
Record levels of toxic algae hurt coastline.
Large swaths of toxic algae have punished U.S. coastal towns at record levels this year, shutting down shellfish harvests and sickening swimmers from Maine to Texas to Seattle. USA Today. 15 December 2009.
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. Opinion, 15 December 2009.
Climate change eroding coast at accelerating rate, scientists find.
Coastal erosion isn't the only climate-related problem confronting rural communities in Alaska. Health officials now are concerned about food and water safety in northern villages as warming temperatures thaw ice cellars. Alaska Journal of Commerce. 12 December 2009.
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. Opinion, 9 December 2009.
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. Opinion, 7 December 2009.
Governor: Backup plan on global warming needed.
California has set an ambitious agenda to combat climate change, but on Wednesday Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said the state needs to prepare for the worst if human action cannot stop global warming and the rise of sea levels. San Francisco Chronicle, California. 3 December 2009.
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