Paul R. Epstein, public health expert, dies at 67 - The Washington Post
Dr. Epstein’s work sparked controversy, in part because it is harder to connect climate impacts such as extreme weather and rising temperatures to the spread of disease than to more straightforward developments such as ocean acidification. But his dogged work helped transform the popular understanding of global warming, by demonstrating how an environmental phenomenon could exact a human toll.
Raised in a progressive family in Manhattan, Dr. Epstein was advised by his pediatrician father to combine his passion for social justice with a medical career.
World climate change takes toll on China's seas
Such a rise marks an average increase of 2.6 millimeters each year from 1977 to 2009, said the second National Assessment Report on Climate Change.
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In pictures: Polar bears in Norway increasing in numbers | Environment | guardian.co.uk
[2009] Norway has enforced strict hunting bans on the bears and some of their prey since the 1970s. Walrus numbers are up since the ban on their hunting in 1952 and it could be the reason for more bears: there is more prey
During the summer, many polar bears gather to rest and feed on hunter-harvested bowhead whale remains near Kaktovik, on Barter Island. But in recent years, dozens - possibly hundreds - of bears are becoming stranded on the coastal plain because they cannot reach the retreating sea ice
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Here's a valid concern over that pipeline that will run through the great plains: If it's above ground, it will almost surely get frequently damaged by tornados.
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