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Infertility, heart failure and kidney disease: How is climate change impacting the human body?

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Human pressure on the global environment is wreaking havoc on our planet, but it is also an increasingly significant threat to human health. Climate change is ‘greatest threat to human health in history’, much bigger than risks posed by viruses and disease. We need the same urgency to tackle climate change as when everyone jumps … Read more

Climate Puzzle Baked In Indian Heatwave

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CHANDIGARH, India—As soon as I arrived in the eastern megacity of Kolkata in February, the temperature started to rise. They always do it when India’s brief winter turns into early spring. But then they kept going up. After the hottest March in 122 years on record, the sweltering temperatures continued into April, with national highs … Read more