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Senate leader Schumer calls Canadian wildfires ‘unprecedented,’ warns of climate change impact

Wed, 2023-06-07 17:26 — mike kraft
Schumer calls Canadian wildfires ‘unprecedented,’ warns of climate change impact Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) called the Canadian wildfires “truly unprecedented,” in floor remarks on Wednesday, and warned of the ongoing damage caused by climate change. “T… sfortinsky The Hill

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Analysis: Record breaking heat in Spain, North Africa impossible without climate change

Mon, 2023-05-08 14:56 — mike kraft
Spain's April heat nearly impossible without climate change Record-breaking April temperatures in Spain, Portugal and northern Africa were made 100 times more likely by human-caused climate change, a new flash study found, and would have been almost impossible in the past. A group of international scientists did a rapid computer and statistical analysis of a late April heat wave that stretched across the Iberian peninsula into Algeria and Morocco. The peaks of the heat wave varied from 36.9 degrees Celsius (98.4 degrees Fahrenheit) to 41 degrees Celsius (105.8 degrees Fahrenheit) degrees in the four countries.
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non-medical U.S. healthcare workers face rising levels of burnout--study

Wed, 2023-04-05 14:47 — mike kraft
U.S. healthcare workers face rising levels of burnout - UPI.com Much has been made of burnout among doctors and nurses, but a new survey has found high rates of work fatigue in nearly every type of job associated with health care. UPI

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Analysis: Why The US leads the world in weather catastrophes

Mon, 2023-04-03 15:57 — mike kraft
The US leads the world in weather catastrophes. Here's why The United States is Earth's punching bag for nasty weather. The nation's weather chief and other experts say the U.S. gets hit by stronger, costlier, more varied and frequent extreme weather than anywhere on Earth. Those include tornadoes, hurricanes, floods, droughts, blizzards and the like. The reason is geography. Two oceans, the Gulf of Mexico, mountains, the jet stream and jutting peninsulas all combine to brew up severe storms. But nasty weather by itself isn't a disaster. What makes nature's bad hand a disaster is humans.
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Some Americans Are Delaying Medical Care because of higher bills

Fri, 2023-02-17 15:57 — mike kraft

... While some people avoided seeking medical care during the worst of the pandemic, worried about the risk of infection or unable to get an appointment because hospitals and doctors were overwhelmed, now many are finding that inflation and the uncertain economy have thrown up another barrier.

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Hope fading as deaths in Turkey, Syria quake pass 11,000

Wed, 2023-02-08 14:43 — mike kraft
Hope fading as deaths in Turkey, Syria quake pass 11,000 GAZIANTEP, Turkey (AP) — With the hope of finding survivors fading, stretched rescue teams in Turkey and Syria searched Wednesday for signs of life in the rubble of thousands of buildings toppled by a catastrophic earthquake . AP NEWS

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Increasing climate change and fungal threats to global health--UN report

Tue, 2023-02-07 15:38 — mike kraft
Climate change is contributing to the rise of superbugs, new UN report says | CNN Climate change and antimicrobial resistance are two of the greatest threats to global health, according to a new report from the United Nations Environment Programme. Janelle Chavez CNN
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A Chinese landscape architect advocates "sponge cities" to help counter climate change and flooding.

Wed, 2022-11-23 18:54 — mike kraft
As climate warms, a China planner advocates "sponge cities" BEIJING (AP) — To cushion the impact of extreme weather due to climate change, a Chinese landscape architect has been making the case for China and other countries to create so-called “sponge cities.” AP NEWS
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Climate change:Temperatures will rise to 4.5 degrees Fahrenheit above pre-industrial averages by the end of the century -- U.N. report, Lancet evaluation

Wed, 2022-10-26 17:21 — mike kraft
World 'nowhere near' hitting climate targets, U.N. warns Latest estimates say temperatures will rise to 4.5 degrees Fahrenheit above pre-industrial averages by the end of the century, the U.N. climate office said in a new report. NBC News
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Covid Pandemic boosts and changes U.S. gun sales

Tue, 2022-10-04 15:33 — mike kraft
The Pandemic May Have Changed Gun Ownership In America For The Long Haul Americans are on track for their third-highest gun-buying year, despite a drop in monthly sales. YahooNews

In March 2020, with the first pandemic-related lockdowns sweeping the country, Americans were directed to hunker down in their homes. That month, they went on the biggest gun-buying spree in the country’s history. ...

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