They don't just warn us about disease, they're worried about
global warming too (which can lead to disease), and they're
trying to communicate this concern to us. 18 of the world's
professional medical organizations say that the recent failure
to reach a UN climate agreement will lead to a "global health
catastrophe" and urge physicians to "take a lead" on the climate
issue. In BBC News, Richard Black quotes an article in the
medical journal the Lancet as saying, "Effects of climate change
on health will put the lives and wellbeing of billions of people
at increased risk." Scientists of all kinds have good reason to
worry: In the September 16 edition of the New York Times, Andrew
C. Revkin reports that oceans are warmer today than they have
been in almost 130 years, since records on this first started to
be compiled, probably as a result of global warming and the
current El Nino. To learn more, click here and here. Art credit:
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