Impact of Climate Change:
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Over 800 colleges and universities, K-12 schools, civic organizations and religious groups are participating in Focus the Nation, potentially the largest simultaneous teach-in in history. (READ MORE) |
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"When
the earth is sick and polluted, human health is impossible....
To heal ourselves we must heal our planet, and to heal our
planet we must heal ourselves." |
[Bobby McLeod, Koori activist,
aboriginal] |
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| Pentagon study: “Abrupt
Climate Change” (pdf) |
| Commissioned by
highly respected Defense Department planner Andrew Marshall,
a Pentagon study raised the possibility that global warming
could prove a greater risk to the world than terrorism. Among
the potential consequences, if climate change occurs abruptly
or at the high end of scenario projections, might be catastrophic
droughts, famines and riots. The study's principal authors
were Peter Schwartz, former head of planning for Shell Oil,
and Doug Randall of the Global Business Network, a California
think tank. |
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| Environmental Health |
| http://www.healthpolitics.org/channels.asp?view=environmental |
"Health Politics
with Dr. Mike Magee" is a weekly Internet-based electronic
media program that explores complex topics at the intersection
of health care and policy. Supported by veteran health leader
and media expert Mike Magee, M.D., the program examines the hidden
stories and emerging trends that are rapidly reshaping our health
care system. As a passionate advocate for patients and their
families, Dr. Magee strives to help his viewers understand the
big picture of how our health care system works and how it affects
their lives – offering, along the way, practical advice
on what we need to do to make the system work more effectively
for all of us.
Use www.lexisnexis.com/academic,
to access the proceeding articles. It is free
for those connected to the University of Maryland
server. Log in the subscribers menu in the banner
under “LN Academic”. Search for the
article by placing the title in quotation marks. |
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News |
| Maryland Newsline: "Global Warming Equals Post-nasal
Drip?" |
By SCOTT SHEWFELT,
Capital News Service (April 12, 2007)
WASHINGTON - If you could stop rubbing your itchy, watery eyes
for one second, put down the tissue and look around, you'd see
an increasing number of sneezing, sniffling sad sacks just like
you. Warm weather is sending more patients to Maryland allergists
than ever before, but whether the weather is influenced by global
warming is up in the air. Research has shown that ragweed pollinates
heavier with higher carbon dioxide levels, said David Golden,
professor of medicine at the Johns Hopkins University. And carbon
dioxide is a greenhouse gas, one of the culprits in global warming.
Yet, Golden cautioned, people should be wary of trying to pin
anything on global warming, he said. Maryland has had warmer
temperatures in recent years, and "dryness and hot weather
tell the plant it is time to shed pollen," said Edgar Moctezuma,
professor of cell biology and molecular genetics at the University
of Maryland, College Park. |
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| World Health Organization: Climate Change |
| http://www.euro.who.int/globalchange/20030929_1 |
| Human society will face
new risks and pressures due to climate change impact on the global
environment. These include: food shortages and hunger, alteration
of water resources, damage of physical infrastructure (particularly
by sea-level rise and extreme weather events). Economic
activities, human settlements, and human health will experience
many direct and indirect effects. The poor and disadvantaged
are the most vulnerable to the negative consequences of climate
change. |
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Article: "Climate
Change Is Hazardous To Your Health"
Paul R. Epstein and Evan Mills, Forbes (November 16, 2005) |
| Public attention has focused on the devastating aftermath and
global dimensions of Hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Wilma, but
climate change is already having a less conspicuous, but just
as dangerous, impact on humans and the natural systems upon which
we depend. Efficient use of energy coupled with alternative sources
can help stabilize the climate. |
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