Over the past year, the Waterloo Climate Institute has collaborated closely with Southwestern Public Health (SWPH), which serves the regions of Oxford County, Elgin County and the City of St. Thomas, to identify critical climate-related health risks in the region.
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Drought Drives Movement: How Climate Change is Shaping Internal Migration Worldwide
It's not just coastal cities bracing for sea-level rise or farmers battling erratic weather patterns—millions of people are being driven by changing climates to relocate, not across borders, but within their own countries.
Researchers Find Clues to the Mysterious Heating of the Sun’s Atmosphere
Experimental findings about plasma wave reflection could answer questions about high temperatures.
The Trees of Miami’s Future
In Miami—a place known for one of the most diverse tree canopies in the world—nearly half of the native trees may struggle to survive in the coming decades, a new University of Miami study indicates.
In a Warming World, Public Needs to Know More About Protections From Mosquito-Borne Illnesses
The hospitalization last summer of Dr. Anthony Fauci, former head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, with West Nile virus – and his account of it this week in the New York Times – have helped raise public awareness of the dangers of mosquito borne-illness, which can range from Zika and malaria to dengue and West Nile virus.
La Niña Looking Less Likely as Ocean Waters Stay Balmy
As ocean temperatures remain stubbornly high, forecasters see a diminished chance that the Pacific Ocean will enter its cooler La Niña phase this fall, as was predicted.