Immigration could ease climate-change impact

Climate Change Could Change Rates of Evolution

When delegates for the United Nations climate change summit met in Mexico in December 2010, they heard the latest reports of rising temperatures, rising tides, shrinking sea ice, and crashing populations of endangered species. With thousands of the planet’s animals and plants facing extinction, predicting how species may— or may not—adapt to rapid changes in their environment is a top priority ...

Reducing the impact of climate change.

News Reducing the impact of climate change The most recent report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) found that there is overwhelming evidence that humans are affecting climate and it highlighted the implications for human health. The World Health Organization (WHO) is helping countries respond to this challenge, primarily by encouraging them to build and reinforce public h...

Reducing the Climate Change Impact of Aviation

Climate Change and Its Impact on Health

Letters Giant cell tumour of the tendon sheath-an unusual cause for lockinG of the knee joint. Editor, Locking of the knee is a common presentation at orthopaedic outpatient departments. These patients normally require magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) where there is a clinical suspicion of a soft tissue lesion. The most common lesions are meniscal tears and typically present with associated pai...

Impact of climate change on elder health.

Demographers predict human life expectancy will continue to increase over the coming century. These forecasts are based on two critical assumptions: advances in medical technology will continue apace and the environment that sustains us will remain unchanged. The consensus of the scientific community is that human activity contributes to global climate change. That change will degrade air and w...