“Much like the transmission pattern of the hantavirus, the rat population was depleted during the drought, when food was scarce. Once the… — Linda Marsa Copy Share Image
“disease that was in Mexico during the 16th century,” Acuña-Soto said. “This sounded like a hemorrhagic fever. So if the Spanish didn’t… — Linda Marsa Heavy rain Copy Share Image
“In Canada, there are fears they could wipe out the whole boreal forest,” said Wiedinmyer. “There would be no trees in Canada—one… — Linda Marsa Fear Copy Share Image
“The lung development of children who lived near highly trafficked corridors was stunted—about 20 percent smaller than average—which greatly impaired their functioning.… — Linda Marsa Children Copy Share Image
“Climate change is not just about melting icebergs, storm surges, floods, and droughts, according to Parenti. A warmer world will be more… — Linda Marsa Change Copy Share Image
“DeBlieux recalled. “And then they didn’t. We heard on the portable radio that we had already been evacuated. That was priceless.” In… — Linda Marsa Cell phone Copy Share Image
“Research on air quality in New York City, Phoenix, and Baltimore shows that ambient CO2 parts per million (ppm) levels can spike… — Linda Marsa Air quality Copy Share Image
“The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that, worldwide over the past three decades, 150,000 people a year have died as a result… — Linda Marsa Death Copy Share Image
“law enforcement officials continually rebuffed offers of help by private citizens with boats. “Nobody ever envisioned that the authorities would prevent people… — Linda Marsa Law enforcement Copy Share Image
“The effect of a warming planet on our health is “a threat that’s been completely neglected, marginalized, and ignored by the global… — Linda Marsa Global health Copy Share Image
“The impact on our health barely rates any media coverage, even though that’s the part of a changing climate that will hit… — Linda Marsa Change Copy Share Image
“We need a 21st-century international public health movement. Unless this challenge finds its way to the top of the international public health… — Linda Marsa Disaster movie Copy Share Image
“looked at hospital admission data from 12 major cities such as Dublin, London, Barcelona, Athens, and Rome from at least a three-year… — Linda Marsa Copy Share Image
“They gave me a stick and told me to hit people if they tried to get into the truck because they were… — Linda Marsa Copy Share Image
“You go back to the 1890s—we go back 110 years because it is so easy to stress the system to the breaking… — Linda Marsa Breaking point Copy Share Image
“Researchers looked at 15 states that had experienced significant tree loss due to the beetle infestation and concluded the borer was linked… — Linda Marsa Death Copy Share Image
“and the Southwest bakes during increasingly severe and prolonged droughts, epidemics like cocoliztli will doubtless return. “Sooner or later, a new virus… — Linda Marsa Sooner or later Copy Share Image
“Medical records at many hospitals had been kept in manila folders rather than electronically, so health care providers typically had little information… — Linda Marsa Health Copy Share Image
“within a quarter of a mile from a freeway had an 89 percent higher risk of asthma than kids more than a… — Linda Marsa Emergency room Copy Share Image
“Scientists now know, too, that huge dust storms like the ones that recently blanketed Arizona, northern China, Australia, and other arid areas… — Linda Marsa Around the world Copy Share Image
“For three days, Charity Hospital, one of the biggest facilities in the country, had somehow fallen off the government’s disaster management radar… — Linda Marsa National guard Copy Share Image
“Earlier in the day, Coast Guard helicopters had arrived and volunteered to spend an hour transporting healthy people to safety (they didn’t… — Linda Marsa Decision making Copy Share Image
“scares—SARS, Hong Kong and avian flus, and Japanese encephalitis—originated in Asia, he noted. “If you look at global trends, almost all of… — Linda Marsa Economic growth Copy Share Image
“In the near future, millions might perish and millions more might be sickened by the litany of medical conditions caused or exacerbated… — Linda Marsa Time Copy Share Image
“because pollutants released by cars in the morning are converted into ozone later in the day. What researchers discovered about daily shifts… — Linda Marsa Air quality Copy Share Image
