'Like A Sunburn On Your Lungs': How Does Climate Crisis Impact Health?
"The climate crisis is making people sicker – worsening illnesses ranging from seasonal allergies to heart and lung disease."
Source: Guardian, 09/16/2019
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"The ‘Blob’ Is Back: New Marine Heat Wave Emerges Off West Coast"
"A massive marine heat wave that caused record warming of ocean waters off the West Coast five years ago, sending salmon numbers crashing and malnourished sea lions washing up on beaches across California and other Pacific states, is back, scientists said Thursday."
Source: San Jose Mercury News, 09/06/2019
"Trees Are Key To Fighting Urban Heat — But Cities Keep Losing Them"
"Annie Haigler steps out of her home in Louisville, Ky., pulling a handkerchief out of her pocket to dab sweat off her forehead. She enjoys sitting on her porch, especially to watch the sunrise. She has always been a morning person. But as the day progresses, the heat can be unbearable for her."
Source: NPR, 09/05/2019
"As Rising Heat Bakes U.S. Cities, The Poor Often Feel It Most"
"When Shakira Franklin drives from West Baltimore to her job near the city's Inner Harbor, she can feel the summer heat ease up like a fist loosening its grip."
Source: NPR, 09/04/2019
"How Has Climate Change Affected Hurricane Dorian?"
"The links between hurricanes and climate change are complex, but some aspects are getting clearer."
Source: NY Times, 09/04/2019
In Iowa, Candidates Talk About Farming's Climate Change Connections
"As the Democratic candidates for president made their requisite swing through the Iowa State Fair this week, they stumped near hay bales and posted about it on Twitter. They also brought an unprecedented focus on agriculture's connections with climate change—an issue that's getting more traction among rural Midwestern voters and farmers in the wake of massive flooding and heat waves."
Source: InsideClimate News, 08/19/2019
"NASA Scientists Fly Over Greenland To Track Melting Ice"
"ABOARD A NASA RESEARCH PLANE OVER GREENLAND — The fields of rippling ice 500 feet below the NASA plane give way to the blue-green of water dotted with irregular chunks of bleached-white ice, some the size of battleships, some as tall as 15-story buildings."
Source: AP, 08/16/2019
"Republicans Support 'Monumental' Climate Measure For Roads"
"Congress is looking to strengthen the nation's transportation network by making it better able to withstand the effects of climate change, even as government agencies spend billions of dollars to fix roads after natural disasters."
Source: ClimateWire, 08/14/2019
States Sue Trump Administration Over Rollback of Obama-Era Climate Rule
"A coalition of 29 states and cities on Tuesday sued to block the Trump administration from easing restrictions on coal-burning power plants. The move could ultimately limit how much leverage future administrations would have to fight climate change by restricting a major source of Earth-warming pollution."
Source: NY Times, 08/14/2019
"Summer in the City Is Hot, but Some Neighborhoods Suffer More"
"As the United States suffers through a summer of record-breaking heat, new research shows that temperatures on a scorching summer day can vary as much as 20 degrees across different parts of the same city, with poor or minority neighborhoods often bearing the brunt of that heat."
Source: NY Times, 08/12/2019
