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  2. Effects of climate change on human health - Wikipedia

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    The effects of climate change on human health are profound because they increase heat-related illnesses and deaths, respiratory diseases, and the spread of infectious diseases. There is widespread agreement among researchers, health professionals and organizations that climate change is the biggest global health threat of the 21st century.

  3. Environmental issues - Wikipedia

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    Major current environmental issues may include climate change, pollution, environmental degradation, and resource depletion.The conservation movement lobbies for protection of endangered species and protection of any ecologically valuable natural areas, genetically modified foods and global warming.

  4. The U.S. has the widest health span-lifespan gap - AOL

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    The average life expectancy in the U.S. is 77.5 years, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. But Americans outlive their health spans by 12.4 years, the study found.

  5. Effects of climate change - Wikipedia

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    Some climate change effects: wildfire caused by heat and dryness, bleached coral caused by ocean acidification and heating, environmental migration caused by desertification, and coastal flooding caused by storms and sea level rise. Effects of climate change are well documented and growing for Earth's natural environment and human societies. Changes to the climate system include an overall ...

  6. Human composting is rising in popularity as an earth-friendly ...

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    Doing her own end-of-life planning with human composting has given her a sense of peace. “This is something that moves me,” Cooley-Reyes told CNN. “I am going back into the earth, and I will ...

  7. Air pollution - Wikipedia

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    However, even populated areas in developed countries have unhealthy levels of pollution, with Los Angeles and Rome being two examples. [248] Between 2002 and 2011 the incidence of lung cancer in Beijing near doubled. While smoking remains the leading cause of lung cancer in China, the number of smokers is falling while lung cancer rates are ...

  8. Environmental degradation - Wikipedia

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    Fresh water is an exceptionally important resource, since life on Earth is ultimately dependent on it. Water transports nutrients, minerals and chemicals within the biosphere to all forms of life, sustains both plants and animals, and moulds the surface of the Earth with transportation and deposition of materials.

  9. Earth’s core might be reversing its spin. It ‘won’t affect ...

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    Earth’s inner core, a red-hot ball of iron 1,800 miles below our feet, stopped spinning recently, and it may now be reversing directions, according to an analysis of seismic activity.