Global warming is affecting people’s health — and world leaders need to address the climate crisis now as it can’t wait until the COVID-19 pandemic is over, editors of over 230 medical journals warned Sunday evening. “The science is unequivocal: a global increase of 1.5° C above the pre-industrial average and the continued loss of biodiversity risk catastrophic harm to health that will be impossible to reverse,” the editorial warns.
I read news stories on this lately. I will take a look and provide citations when I have a chance, but now I am preparing for some guys to come and take down dead trees in the backyard.
The reports I read noted that heat related deaths have increased and cold related deaths have decreased. The decrease was greater than the increase.
A health threat can be evaluated without anyone dying from it yet, like a future pandemic, perhaps, and readiness for it, so I’m not at all sure how your remarks help prepare for a real threat.
We were at Glacier last year, and the glaciersaretiny little things, so it appears they are a little off on the timing, but still essentially correct. Of course, the park is actually named for being carved by glaciers, not the glaciers themselves.