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What is Environmental Health?
According to the World Health Organization, Environmental Health includes those aspects of the human health and disease that are determined by factors in the environment. |
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Effects of global warming on human health
Increasing atmospheric levels of CO2 have an unfavourable effect on the nutrients in plants. As the carbon concentration in the plant’s tissues increase, there is a corresponding decrease in the concentration of elements such as nitrogen, phosphorus, |
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Measuring the World's Health Effects
C limate change is expected to cause approximately 250 000 additional deaths per year between 2030 and 2050; 38 000 due to heat exposure in elderly people, 48 000 due to diarrhoea, 60 000 due to malaria, and 95 000 due to childhood undernutrition |
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What are greenhouse gases and how much are emitted by the United States?
Greenhouse gases trap heat from the sun and warm the planet's surface. Of all U.S. greenhouse gas emissions the majority are related to energy production and consumption; specifically most of those are carbon dioxide (CO2) from the burning of fossil |
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What is the greenhouse effect?
The greenhouse effect increases the temperature of the Earth by trapping heat in our atmosphere. This keeps the temperature of the Earth higher than it would be if direct heating by the Sun was the only source of warming |
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