"Health problems tied to climate change are all getting worse, according to two reports published Wednesday.
The annual reports commissioned by the medical journal Lancet tracked 44 global health indicators connected to climate change, including heat deaths, infectious diseases and hunger. All of them are getting grimmer, said Lancet Countdown project research director Marina Romanello, a biochemist.
“Rising temperatures are having consequences,” said University of Washington environmental health professor Kristie Ebi, a report co-author.
This year’s reports — one global, one just aimed at the United State s — called “code red for a healthy future,” highlight dangerous trends".
Seth Borenstein reports for the Associated Press October 21, 2021.
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"Inaction On Climate Change Imperils Millions Of Lives, Doctors Say" (Washington Post)
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"Researchers Find Link Between Human Misery and Climate Change" (Bloomberg Environment)
