With global warming driven by greenhouse gas emissions, the intensity and frequency of heat waves are steadily increasing worldwide. According to Berkeley Earth, the last eight years are the warmest eight years, while June 2022 was the warmest June on land since records began in the mid-1800s. Multiple intensive heatwaves in Asia, America, Europe, North Africa, and Oceania … [Read more...] about Record-Breaking Heatwaves Around the World In 2022
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China’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Its Three-Child Population Policy
Top 10 Countries with The Highest and Lowest Mortality Rates Attributable to Air Pollution, 1990-2017
Air pollution is a major public health concern worldwide because of its adverse health impact. It is now the fourth leading risk factor for premature death. Exposure to air pollution contributed to 6.67 million deaths in 2019 alone. Thus, knowing which countries have the highest and lowest mortality rates attributable to air pollution is important. In a recent study, two … [Read more...] about Top 10 Countries with The Highest and Lowest Mortality Rates Attributable to Air Pollution, 1990-2017
Top 10 Countries with The World’s Dirtiest and Cleanest Air, 1990-2017
Air pollution is a major public health concern worldwide. It is always important and interesting to know which countries have the dirtiest and cleanest air, which may vary over different periods. The top 10 countries with the world’s dirtiest air in 2019 were introduced in a previous essay. However, knowing which countries have had the dirtiest air in previous years remains … [Read more...] about Top 10 Countries with The World’s Dirtiest and Cleanest Air, 1990-2017
Key Facts and Statistics about the Tropical Zone of Earth
What are Tropics? The Tropics are a region of the Earth surrounding the Equator, roughly defined as the area between the Tropic of Cancer in the Northern Hemisphere at 23.43663°N and the Tropic of Capricorn in the Southern Hemisphere at 23.43663° S. According to the State of the Tropics 2014 Report, the tropical region accounts for 40 percent of the Earth’s surface area. … [Read more...] about Key Facts and Statistics about the Tropical Zone of Earth