Climate Change’s Effect on Food Production Could Lead to Widespread Death Worldwide

Climate change could kill more than 500,000 adults worldwide in 2050 due to reduced crop productivity, according to a new study...

Mar 05, 2016 | Katie Regan

  • 2015 Likely to be Named Warmest Year in History

    Global temperatures ran hot lost year—even hotter than in 2014, which, when the calendar ran out at the end of December, cemented its...

    Jan 04, 2016 | Chris Mills

  • 195 Nations Reach Groundbreaking Climate Change Agreement

    December 12 marked an historic day for global and environmental health: the 195 countries attending the 21st Conference of Parties...

    Dec 18, 2015 | Katie Regan

  • Global Climate Change Talks Begin in Paris

    President Barack Obama and other White House officials are in Paris this week attending the 2015 United Nations Climate Change...

    Dec 01, 2015 | Katie Regan

  • Climate Change’s Effect on Food Production Could Lead to Widespread Death Worldwide

    Climate change could kill more than 500,000 adults worldwide in 2050 due to reduced crop productivity, according to a new study published in The Lancet. The study is the first of its kind to assess the impact of climate change on diet composition and bodyweight, and to estimate the number of deaths each will cause. […]

    Mar 05, 2016 | Katie Regan

    2015 Likely to be Named Warmest Year in History

    Global temperatures ran hot lost year—even hotter than in 2014, which, when the calendar ran out at the end of December, cemented its status as the warmest year on record. But then came 2015, which shattered previous records by an enormous margin and may soon take up the mantle of hottest year in recorded history (Jan. 11 update: […]

    Jan 04, 2016 | Chris Mills

    195 Nations Reach Groundbreaking Climate Change Agreement

    December 12 marked an historic day for global and environmental health: the 195 countries attending the 21st Conference of Parties (COP21) climate change summit in Paris reached a landmark agreement that commits them to lowering greenhouse gas emissions in an attempt to halt the most extreme effects of climate change. The deal, which is legally binding and was agreed upon […]

    Dec 18, 2015 | Katie Regan

    Global Climate Change Talks Begin in Paris

    President Barack Obama and other White House officials are in Paris this week attending the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference. The two-week event is meant to bring countries together to discuss strategies for combating climate change and preventing the global temperature from rising by more than 2 degrees Celsius above the average pre-Industrial Revolution temperature. […]

    Dec 01, 2015 | Katie Regan

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