While we are all affected to some extent by extreme weather, it is older adults, especially older women and those with disabilities, who tend to be the most vulnerable. Who struggles most is partly determined by age but also ...
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Wildfire smoke blanketing western Canada has triggered health warnings in several cities, but was also helping to cool blazes by blocking out a hot sun across hard-hit portions of the country Sunday.
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May 22, 2023
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Climate change poses a health threat through increasing weather disasters and extreme heat, the UN said Thursday, calling for better warning systems that could be weaved into public health policy.
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Nov 2, 2023
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John Kotcher, research assistant professor at George Mason University's Center for Climate Change Communication, says that emphasizing the health implications of climate change is one of best ways to engage the public to ...
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Jul 7, 2022
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Cyclone Idai struck Beira, the fourth largest city in Mozambique, in mid-March with torrential rains and winds of more than 190 km per hour. It took days for the sheer size of the resulting disaster to be understood.
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Apr 5, 2019
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Two UN agencies on Tuesday announced they were setting up a joint office to help fight the threat to health from climate change and extreme weather.
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Jul 8, 2014
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Extreme weather as a result of climate change has caused disasters and catastrophes around the globe.
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Oct 10, 2023
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In January 2013, a suffocating, poisonous haze hung over Beijing for four days. The record high levels of fine particulate matter in the air caused airports to close and thousands of coughing, choking citizens to seek hospital ...
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Apr 25, 2019
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For many Canadian parents, the start of the summer holidays is turning into a headache, as thick wildfire smoke forces them to check air quality indices the same way they might normally check the weather forecast.
Environment
Jun 30, 2023
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A haze frequently hangs over China, particularly over the highly populated North China Plain in the autumn and winter months. The concentration of haze pollution particulates (PM2.5) in this region has reached over twice ...
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