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There is no vaccine for climate change: COVID-19, climate, & the return to "normal"

What does COVID-19, climate, & the return to “normal” mean for us? We have no vaccine for climate change. COVID-19 is our first truly global crisis—changing the way people around…

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After the storm: Extreme weather research at BUSPH highlights the health impacts of Atlantic basin hurricanes

Hurricanes top the list as the most destructive extreme weather event. Human-caused climate change has the potential to make hurricanes even more damaging. Not only are hurricanes likely to continue…

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Is heat the most dangerous extreme weather event?

In the summer of 2020, NOAA’s Weather Prediction Center recorded a temperature of 130 degrees Fahrenheit in Death Valley’s Furnace Creek, located in the deserts of Southern California. The US…