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Estimated Mortality and Morbidity Attributable to Smoke Plumes in the United States: Not Just a Western US Problem
Study key findings & significance
- Smoke, from both western wildfires and local sources, may be more harmful to residents in the eastern United States than many think.
- The researchers looked at the effects of a pollutant called PM2.5, or particulate matter with diameters smaller than 2.5 microns.
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Status of Coral Reefs of the World 2020
Report key findings & significance
- Large scale coral bleaching events are the greatest disturbance to the world’s coral reefs. The 1998 event alone killed 8% of the world’s coral.
- Subsequent disturbance events, occurring between 2009 and 2018, killed 14% of the world’s coral.
- There was 20% more algae on the world’s coral reefs in 2019 than in 2010.
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Hawaii coral show signs of stress amid record-setting heat
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Severe Continental-Scale Impacts of Climate Change Are Happening Now: Extreme Climate Events Impact Marine Habitat Forming Communities Along 45% of Australia’s Coast
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Vapor Storms Are Threatening People and Property
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Africa tops global hunger index, driven by war and climate shocks
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World Hunger Swells as Conflict, Climate Change Grow
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United States to give Ethiopia $91 million in drought aid for food and medicine
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Deepening drought hits Ethiopia herders as millions go hungry
