from minor health effects to those that are more serious. That's because the particulate matter within the smoke irritates the respiratory system, impacting the body's ability to function even among those who ar
Even though this approach is not mainstream theory, it does lead to several pertinent questions: How important is the “hazard” component of disasters in the case of climate change? Is it true that climate change does not significantly affect people's vulnerabilities? What are the consequences ...
Weather impacts on seaborne trade: a new model to explain port activity in the era of climate changedoi:10.1057/s41278-024-00306-zThe significance of seaborne transport extends to local, national, and global economies, facilitating the transition from regional to global manufacturing networks. ...
"Climate change and allergies are linked through the increasing greenhouse gases that cause changes in the environment and cause changes in how plants respond and produce pollen grains," she said. Cecilia Sierra-Heredia is an adjunct professor at the University of Br...
Large-scale fluctuating patterns in oceanic and atmospheric conditions in different parts of the globe can have prominent local, regional and global impacts on climate1,2,3. Where these patterns reoccur over time, they are typically described as modes of variability (MoV)4. Prominent MoV include ...
A clever tour of everyday life that compares the climate change impacts of different things we do. Eaarth by Bill McKibben. St Martin's Griffin, 2011. What kind of changes will human society have to make to survive? Confessions of an Eco-Sinner: Tracking Down the Sources of My Stuff ...
Explain how market activity has impacts on the natural environment. Explain the impact of positive externality on the working of a market. Describe the environmental problem known as climate change. Explain how recycling of materials can help a country in the global south i.e. India - both for...
Attribution of the record-shattering global annual heat in 2023 to human and/or natural factors is fundamentally required for reliable predictions of upcoming global warming and its impacts. An observation-model comparison of global hot areas supports a key role for human-induced climate change, with...
How climate change impacts the economy? Explain how expansionary fiscal policy influences GDP. How does economic policy influence health policy in the United States? Explain how monetary policy may destabilize the economy. How does current economic theory...
2021a). Shifts from historic fire regimes due to climate change and human activities have been implicated in the decline of many bird species (Kelly et al. 2020; Stephens et al. 2019). A better understanding of how spatial and temporal components of fire regimes affect bird species is ...