Five ways that climate change threatens human health
As the U.N.'s climate summit, COP29, gets underway in Azerbaijan this week, the effect of climate change on human health is high on the agenda. And rightly so, amid some alarming emerging statistics.
Climate change a chronic threat to public health
That climate change is becoming an increasingly bigger challenge for humankind was evident, more clearly than ever, in 2023 when average global temperatures rose 1.45 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, making it the warmest year since records began in 1850.
Climate change and the threat of ocean acidification
It is known by experts as an invisible threat - but one which is unravelling marine life, food chains and entire economies. That is the conclusion of new research on the critical threat of ocean acidification.
Climate change threatens nearly half of all corals with extinction
Rising temperatures are pushing many species to the brink, alongside disease, pollution and unsustainable fishing.
Climate change threatening more than 40% of the world's corals with extinction, conservation group says
Climate change is decimating the likelihood of survival for a large portion of the world's coral reefs, according to new research.
Report: 44% of Warm-Water Coral Faces Extinction Due to Climate Change
In 2008, the IUCN assessed 892 warm-water coral species and determined approximately one-third were at risk of extinction. That number is rising.
44% of warm-water coral species facing extinction, conservationists warn
Conservation status for warm-water reef-building corals was analysed for the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN) Red List.
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