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Pandemic Likely to Cause Long-Term Health Problems, Study by Yale School of Public Health Finds

The coronavirus pandemic’s life-altering effects are likely to result in lasting physical and mental health consequences for many people—particularly those from vulnerable populations—a new study led by the Yale School of Public Health finds.

Study Reveals Ancient Ocean Oxygen Levels Associated With Changing Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide

Why do carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere wax and wane in conjunction with the warm and cold periods of Earth’s past?

Heat Now More Lethal Than Cold for People with Respiratory Diseases in Spain

A new study by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), a centre supported by the "la Caixa" Foundation, has analysed deaths linked to respiratory disease in Spain between 1980 and 2016.

Global Emissions Fell 17 Percent Due to Coronavirus Shutdowns

Daily global greenhouse gas emissions declined 17 percent by early April compared to 2019 levels due to coronavirus-related shutdowns around the world, according to new research published in the journal Nature Climate Change.

Less Water Could Sustain More Californians If We Make Every Drop Count

"California isn’t running out of water,” says Richard Luthy. “It’s running out of cheap water. But the state can’t keep doing what it’s been doing for the past 100 years.”