CLIMATE SCIENCE: Cause of Death

Assessment of the Data Quality of Cause of Death Registration in Iranian Hospitals in 2016

Background and Objectives: A large proportion of the data of cause of death is registered in hospitals in Iran. Assessment of the death data can help to identify the problems of cause of death registration system and improve it. Therefore, this study was conducted to review the quality of cause of death registration in Iranian hospitals in 2016.   Methods: All hospital deaths in 2016 were rev...

“ Crash science ” addresses the leadIng Cause of death of teens In the unIted states

S ixty-seven deaths per week, nine per day, one every two hours: Motor-vehicle crashes are the number one killer of teenagers in the United States, and although fatalities have declined in recent years, almost 3,500 teenagers still die every year in motor vehicle crashes (NHTSA 2011). In fact, 35% of all deaths among 16to 19-year-olds are related to motor vehicles (National Center for Injury Pr...

Uncertainty in climate science and climate policy

This essay, written by a statistician and a climate scientist, describes our view of the gap that exists between current practice in mainstream climate science, and the practical needs of policymakers charged with exploring possible interventions in the context of climate change. By ‘mainstream’ we mean the type of climate science that dominates in universities and research centres, which we wi...

Climate Change Science Compendium

Beyond climate science.

THE UNITED STATES IS MOVING RAPIDLY INTO AN AGE OF CLIMATE-RELATED DECISIONS INVOLVING mitigation and adaptation, following decades of focusing on reducing uncertainties in attribution and prediction. But the nation lacks a deliberate approach to generating the “environmental intelligence” needed to support good decisions. It is critical to create a single, credible, authoritative source of cli...