Climate Change Could Catastrophically Harm Human Health - Videos from The Weather Channel - The Weather Channel
Climate Change Could Catastrophically Harm Human Health - Videos from The Weather Channel
Climate Change Could Catastrophically Harm Human Health
October 26, 2023
More than 200 medical journals have called on the World Health Organization to declare a global health emergency over climate change and biodiversity loss. While the WHO recognizes the health impacts of both crises, the organization has stopped short at declaring an official health emergency. To see editorials click here.
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What began as a theory in the 1890s — that industrial emissions of carbon dioxide could increase global temperatures — had progressed to a scientific fact a century later. Scientists across a range of disciplines are studying the impact of the still-growing concentration of carbon dioxide and other so-called “greenhouse gases” in the atmosphere as they call for industrial and governmental policies to slow, then halt, the warming of the planet.