Urbanization and climate change are contributing to severe flooding globally, damaging infrastructure, disrupting economies, and undermining human well-being. Approaches to make cities more resilient to floods are emerging, notably with the design of flood-resilient structures, but relatively little is kno...
As we have seen, climate change has a significant effect on allergies in humans, making it a public health issue. Although climate change is a large-scale and complex issue that does not have an easy ‘fix’, there are steps that can be taken to mitigate the effects it has on human he...
Changes in weather patterns also contribute to our health and safety. In the last decade, there has been an increase in global catastrophes, such as record-breaking heatwaves, wildfires, and storms. Consequently, these catastrophes have interrupted our way of living and placed our well-being at...
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A particularly stark and ethically immoral reality in the context of climate change is that many developing countries contribute less to the greenhouse effect than developed countries, but bear the non-uniformly distributed brunt of climate change and lack sufficient resources to deal with its effects...
Proactive measures can help your home weather a storm, or dry it out to prevent mold from setting in. It may be hard to imagine your home – the place you feel safest – being ripped apart by wind or flooded in a major storm. But it does happen, whether you...
Higher temperatures and the depletion of the ozone layer increase the risk of skin cancer. The same refrigerants and gases that damage the ozone layer contribute to climate change. Digestive illnesses Heat is linked with higher risks for salmonella and campylobacter outbreaks. Extreme rains can contam...
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