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NASA, NOAA Analyses Reveal Record-Shattering Global Warm Temperatures in 2015. 2015 was the warmest year since modern record-keeping began in 1880, according to a new analysis by NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies. The record-breaking year continues a long-term warming…
The World Health Organisation has issued a stark new warning about deadly levels of pollution in many of the world’s biggest cities, claiming poor air quality is killing millions and threatening to overwhelm health services across the globe. Before the…
Climate Change effects such as increased temperatures, changing precipitation patterns, rising sea levels, and more frequent weather-related disasters are already being experienced around the world. In 2014, near the end of the warmest year on record, leaders representing over 190…
A US study found a doubled autism risk among children of women exposed to high levels of particulate air pollution during pregnancy. The association was strongest when the exposure occurred during the third trimester. The study, led by researchers at…
According the global data from NOAA, 2014 will be the hottest year ever recorded. 2014 was the warmest year across global land and ocean surfaces since records began in 1880. The annually-averaged temperature was 0.69°C (1.24°F) above the 20th century average…
147.6 million Americans (47%) live in areas with unhealthy levels of air pollution, according to an American Lung Association (ALA) report released in April 2014. The two air pollutants cited in the report were ozone and particle pollution. Particle pollution…
‘If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.’ Nelson Mandela The South African Visionary Leader and Nobel Prize winner,…
The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), an arm of the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared on Thursday, October 17th 2013 that outdoor air pollution is a leading cause of cancer in humans, alongside asbestos, tobacco and UV radiation. The IARC…
(Reuters) – The World Bank said on Tuesday, September 3rd 2013, it was planning “aggressive action” to help developing nations cut emissions of soot and other air pollutants blamed for causing climate change, in a shift also meant to protect human…
Munich Re, one of the world’s largest reinsurance firms, recently issued the 2012 Severe Weather in North America study aimed at insurance companies. According to Munich Re, nowhere in the world is the rising number of natural catastrophes more evident than…