Polluted air and steadily rising temperatures are linked to health effects ranging from increased heart attacks and strokes to the spread of infectious diseases and psychological trauma.
Why is cold weather dangerous? Skin and the tissue under it can freeze, otherwise known as frostbite. When the body gets cold, it sends blood to organs to keep them warm, leaving earlobes, noses, cheeks, fingers, and other extremities vulnerable. If someone is cold for a long time and ...
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But investment in learning often takes a long time to get rewards, while the poor are often impatient due to economic reasons, and their life in the meantime is getting more worrisome and boring.That goes for health. Banerjee and his wife find that the poor spend the same amount of money...
But by then, many were already trapped in dangerous conditions, particularly in the south of the city where a major road had flooded, leaving drivers stuck in their cars. Read more 'No one came to rescue us' Deadly flood damage is 'utterly random' ...
A dangerous mix of conditions appear to have combined to make thewildfires blazing a path of destructionin Hawaii particularly damaging, including high winds, low humidity, and dry vegetation. Experts also say climate change is increasing the likelihood of more extreme weather events likewhat’s pla...
The opponents’ ostensible concern is that ERPOs could infringe on the freedom of too many firearm owners in the community who care deeply about guns, are not actually dangerous, and have no prior gun-disqualifying legal record. The higher the NNT for ERPOs, the more salient these concerns ...
Even healthy humans cannot survive a wet-bulb temperature of 35°C for more than a few hours and being outside with a wet-bulb temperature of 32oC is dangerous. As the wet-bulb temperature approaches your core temperature, this triggers changes in your body. You dehydrate. Your o...
"We are not yet on the path toward stabilizing the warming of our planet below dangerous levels," Mann told Live Science in an email. "Earth Day is an opportunity to have a conversation about what we need to do. Truth be told, every day should be Earth Day. Without a livable planet,...
There is a smaller literature on the role of systemic and structural factors that impede engagement along the HIV care continuum for this population of PLWH. We define systemic barriers as those that involve entire complex systems, such as political, legal, education, economic, health care, and ...