Scientists say climate change could be hazardous to health

U.S. State Department Bureau of International Information, “American Reference” Yasmine Alotaibi in Washington, two scientists that climate is faster than the expected changes, and has begun to have a negative impact on health. National Wildlife Federation (National Wildlife Federation) climate scientist Amanda ∙ Stout (Amanda Staudt) and Harvard Medical School Health and the Global Environment Research Center (Center for Health and the Global Environment), Deputy Director, Tropical Public Health Experts ∙ Paul Epstein (Paul Epstein) common out Xiwudeluo ∙ Wilson International Center for Scholars (Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars) “organized by the health plan to address climate change,” the meeting and expressed his views on climate change.

Stout said, more and more scientific evidence that: “Climate change faster than we expected only a few years ago, quickly.” According to her, these unexpected changes have on the lives of people around the world impact. Stout said: “There is a growing awareness that these changes will be irreversible … …, we have been affected. Particularly extreme weather and climate lead to drought, floods, storms, hurricanes and forest fires and other disasters become increasingly serious, I think these is the impact of global warming on daily life. ”

The impact of climate change on health

Epstein said that with the emergence of various climate change, growing health threat. For example, the rapidly changing climate will contribute to the spread of infectious diseases. He said: “The first signs of infectious diseases in Africa, Asia and Latin America’s mountain.” He said: “We see that the glaciers receded, flora in the upward migration, mosquitoes swarm … … at an altitude higher The Strip. ”

Tops group with mosquito mobile, they move to high carry diseases. Epstein said that due to cover more sites of mosquitoes, so the incidence of malaria and yellow fever rising.

The U.S. government on June 16 released «global impact of climate change on the United States» (Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States) a comprehensive report detailing how climate change impacts on the United States. According to the report, leading to heat waves, weather conditions will also increase ground-level ozone. Ozone will reduce the short-term lung function, and may be brought to the surface of lung cells permanently damaged.

Report is expected, the number of extreme heat waves will increase, and lead to more heat waves associated with the illness and death. As the increasingly severe extreme weather, storms and floods also pose a health risk. Rain is often flooded, which led to the adoption of water-borne diseases increase.

Solutions to health, stability, global warming

Epstein said the world must go all out to come up with healthy solutions. He pointed out, we must make Gezhongjiejue way Syndicated news together, Zhi Ding into a set of Xuanzefangan – from the use of wind and geothermal renewable energy to better management of forest resources so that each program to climate change mitigation of adverse Ying Xiang Du be effective.

These programs can provide “no regrets” approach to global warming will be stable. Epstein said that these measures “are very good, with wide application prospects.” He pointed out that no regrets measures can be safely used immediately. Other fossil fuels such as bio-fuels and other program needs to be done before the implementation of further studies to fully assess the potential health of these programs, ecological and economic consequences.

Reflections on climate change

Climate scientists said Stout, irreversible climate change, environmentalists are forced to rethink strategy to address climate change. She said: “The environmental industry is now actively think about how global warming will affect the question of their mission.” “For many years, perhaps the history of the environmental movement, the focus always is to restore our land to some original state. This kinds of efforts have been unrealistic. we are now facing is a new climatic conditions. Therefore, the environmentalists must now think about how to change everything we do so for climate change. ”

Stout that, although a serious situation, but the world still have a chance to make progress.

She said: “I think this is a historic opportunity. All the conditions have the same time. We are on the urgency of the problem is increasing rapidly, therefore, we have learned to reduce the need for global warming and pollution. Meanwhile, we are faced with an opportunity for The United States provide new impetus to advance a clean energy economy and Wei Sheng Wu Wild Women’s preserved for future generations. This Zhengshi I Congshizhexiang of the reasons. I sincerely to Ren Wei that we must now take action on, for our children and grandchildren Chuangzao 1 better world. ”

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Meteorological science to promote it!

Recently with a number of central-level media people to join Weather Forum, to understand a lot of meteorological knowledge. Visit the Central Weather TV, only know that there are a lot of really useful knowledge of the subject matter is also very good weather to see the documentary and information films, but for many people do not seem to know that the feeling of meteorological information to the public key is relatively serious information, and active, knowledge counseling, and interest is not enough. With the wind company Horizon Research survey of China, public weather services on the basis of higher satisfaction, higher than most public services, but look at the meteorological science, more detailed weather information services professional breakthrough.

Just five years ago, most Chinese people regard climate change as a foreign subject, Chinese people that has nothing to do with us. But today the Chinese people’s drought, violent heat, frost, floods and other abnormal weather more linked with climate issues, and some people even think that really is the end of 2012 it seems. Now we are very concerned about climate topics, but many a person who as the concept of Dan Zhi Dao Bu Zhi Shi know Sha specific, but also because many professionals, business, tourism, travel Fan Wei Gong Zuo’s expansion and more Guan Xin Xin Xi meteorology – Personally, I do remember a number of years ago, the State Meteorological Administration Professor Qin Dahe listen to a lecture on Climate Change impressed me, and I still remember him very clearly that time of the “Southern Oscillation” mechanism for the greenhouse effect. We look forward to more such talks, while through the story, analogy, simulation, PK and let the meteorological knowledge and information to more people, particularly young people are interested in, or control, but also so that we can acquire a certain amount of scientific knowledge and able to weather make more scientific meteorological interpretation. I wind companies and Chinese Premier Zhu also discuss the activities to be in the public interest to encourage college students and college students to mobilize more concerned about the weather, meteorological science organizations, associations, study meteorological knowledge, dissemination of meteorological science. Makes the issue of climate change and many of the problems that arise, more people, especially the younger generation the importance and scientific understanding.
When we listen to the radio since childhood, on the weather information has a deep impression, and because my father always stressed the need to listen to weather forecasts, often at dawn father to turn on the radio to listen to forecasts, while my mother was always used to give a number of proverbs We interpret the weather knowledge. I remember the deep is about the distribution of power lines, and reported a “Enshi”, “Golmud,” “Manchuria” and other names, though that time, I do not know where that is. Comprehensive weather information is more quickly, flying, travel I always active or passive attention to weather information. But now, more weather information, weather information, interpretation have higher demands, in this regard, I expect us to be able to better weather analyst research psychology, anthropology, sociology, methods, people know more about the language of way questions about where and issued more popular way to facilitate the dissemination of weather, we now have weather information dissemination will be able to level up further.

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