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"Study Warns of Cascading Health Risks From the Changing Climate"

"Crop yields are declining. Tropical diseases like dengue fever are showing up in unfamiliar places, including in the United States. Tens of millions of people are exposed to extreme heat. These are the stark findings of a wide-ranging scientific report that lays out the growing risks of climate change for human health and predicts that cascading hazards could soon face millions more people in rich and poor countries around the world."

Source: NY Times, 11/29/2018

"Is the ‘Heat Day’ the New Snow Day?"

"One of the most precious rituals for a student in the Northeast is to peer out the window on a winter morning, witness a flurry of snow, and realize that there’s no need to cram for that test — snow day! But “heat days” might soon become just as regular an occurrence."

Source: NY Times, 09/07/2018

"This Summer’s Heat Waves Could Be the Strongest Climate Signal Yet"

"'In many places, people are preparing for the past or present climate. But this summer is the future.'"

"Earth's global warming fever spiked to deadly new highs across the Northern Hemisphere this summer, and we're feeling the results—extreme heat is now blamed for hundreds of deaths, droughts threaten food supplies, wildfires have raced through neighborhoods in the western United States, Greece and as far north as the Arctic Circle.

Source: InsideClimate News, 07/30/2018

"Death Toll Hits 33 In Canadian Heat Wave"

"At least 33 deaths across Quebec are being blamed on an extreme heat wave that has gripped central and eastern Canada since Friday. Health officials announced the latest figure at a press conference Thursday morning."

Source: HuffPost, 07/06/2018

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