Approximately half of the global population live in regions where heat stress is an issue that affects the ability to live healthy and productive lives.
Working In The Sun - Heating Of The Head May Markedly Affect Safety And Performance
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How Global Regulators Are Selling Out the World’s Largest Tuna
In 2010, after years of global headlines highlighting the runaway harvest of bluefin tuna in the Mediterranean Sea and eastern Atlantic Ocean, the international regulatory agency managing this endangered fish capitulated.
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Study In Philadelphia Links Growth In Tree Canopy To Decrease In Human Mortality
The first city-wide health impact assessment of the estimated effects of a tree canopy initiative on premature mortality in Philadelphia suggests that increased tree canopy could prevent between 271 and 400 premature deaths per year.
Climate Models Underestimate CO2 Emissions from Permafrost by 14 Percent, Study Finds
Climate change models have underestimated the amount of carbon dioxide that will be emitted from thawing permafrost by as much as 14 percent, according to a new study published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters.
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Coal-Burning in Siberia Led to Climate Change 250 Million Years Ago
A team of researchers led by Arizona State University School of Earth and Space Exploration Professor Lindy Elkins-Tanton has provided the first ever direct evidence that extensive coal burning in Siberia is a cause of the Permo-Triassic Extinction, the Earth’s most severe extinction event.
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Honeybee Lives Shortened After Exposure To Two Widely Used Pesticides
The lives of honeybees are shortened – with evidence of physiological stress – when they are exposed to the suggested application rates of two commercially available and widely used pesticides, according to new Oregon State University research.
