DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 4, 2020

Tags: extreme heat Climate Impact Lab infectious diseases Exxon Knew American Petroleum Institute Extreme heat is among the deadliest consequences of global warming, and a new study tallies just how deadly it could become if climate pollution continues unabated.

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AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

“Our research shows that health-related costs added at least another 26 percent to the national price tag for 2012 severe weather-related damages.” The research team exhorts that unchecked climate-related events will economically burden communities, especially unprepared ones.

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Grist

JUNE 21, 2021

It’s worsening the spread of infectious diseases, like dengue across South America, increasing the possibility of global pandemics in the near future. Last year she co-authored two studies that linked a mysterious kidney disease plaguing sugarcane workers to rising temperatures in the region. It’s $820 billion. Zoya Teirstein.

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Green Market Oracle

MARCH 17, 2020

The world Health Organization calls the climate crisis, a “Health crisis” and warns that climate change could fuel the spread of infectious diseases. But having, up in the Northeast, because you have everything from beetle infestation and a whole range of things that are causing diseases as well, in addition to eliminating foliage.

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