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Heat Likely To Kill Nearly 5 Times More People In Coming Decades: Report
Nearly five times more people will likely die due to extreme heat in the coming decades, an international team of experts said Wednesday, warning that without action on climate change the "health of humanity is at grave risk".
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Lancet Study Says Heat-Related Deaths Among Elderly Have Gone Up By 68%
The Lancet report said that changing climate is exacerbating the risk of infectious disease outbreaks and threatening global food security.
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Coal Combustion Responsible For Almost 1 Lakh Deaths In India: Report
As hopes of a COVID-19 vaccine grow in the closing weeks of 2020, the Lancet medical journal has drawn attention to what Bill Gates and others say could be worse than the pandemic - climate change.
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Climate Change Study Warns Of Health Risks, Deaths Due To Global Warming
Climate change is making more people around the world vulnerable to heat exposure, putting them at greater risk of heart and kidney disease, heat stress, and other heat-related killers, scientists warned on Wednesday.
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Air Pollution Harmful, But It Isn't A Killer, Says Environment Minister Harsh Vardhan
Environment Minister Harsh Vardhan appears to question recent global studies that claim millions of people die in India due to pollution. Dr Harsh Vardhan told NDTV in an interview that "to attribute any death to a cause like pollution may be too much".
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Heat Likely To Kill Nearly 5 Times More People In Coming Decades: Report
Nearly five times more people will likely die due to extreme heat in the coming decades, an international team of experts said Wednesday, warning that without action on climate change the "health of humanity is at grave risk".
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Lancet Study Says Heat-Related Deaths Among Elderly Have Gone Up By 68%
The Lancet report said that changing climate is exacerbating the risk of infectious disease outbreaks and threatening global food security.
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Coal Combustion Responsible For Almost 1 Lakh Deaths In India: Report
As hopes of a COVID-19 vaccine grow in the closing weeks of 2020, the Lancet medical journal has drawn attention to what Bill Gates and others say could be worse than the pandemic - climate change.
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Climate Change Study Warns Of Health Risks, Deaths Due To Global Warming
Climate change is making more people around the world vulnerable to heat exposure, putting them at greater risk of heart and kidney disease, heat stress, and other heat-related killers, scientists warned on Wednesday.
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Air Pollution Harmful, But It Isn't A Killer, Says Environment Minister Harsh Vardhan
Environment Minister Harsh Vardhan appears to question recent global studies that claim millions of people die in India due to pollution. Dr Harsh Vardhan told NDTV in an interview that "to attribute any death to a cause like pollution may be too much".
