With global warming driven by greenhouse gas emissions, both intensity and frequency of heatwaves is steadily increasing over the world. According to the 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.In 2022, multiple intensive heatwaves in Asia, America, Europe, … [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
Air Pollution Killing More People in India Than in China
Air pollution is now the 4th leading risk factor for death, resulting in 6.67 million global deaths in 2019. Numerous media reports have documented the severity of air pollution in India and China in terms of PM2.5 levels, but few news reports have compared the mortality rate as an adverse outcome of air pollution between the two countries.According to a recent study of … [Read more...] about Air Pollution Killing More People in India Than in China
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 impact on health. It is now the 4th leading risk factor for premature death. It is reported that exposure to air pollution contributed to 6.67 million deaths in 2019 alone. Thus, it is important to know which countries have the highest and lowest morality rate attributable to air pollution.In a … [Read more...] about Top 10 Countries with The Highest and Lowest Mortality Rates Attributable to Air Pollution, 1990-2017
Air Pollution in G20 Countries in 2019
Air pollution is a global problem. It has been widely documented that 92% of the world’s population are living with unsafe levels of air pollution, and more than 7 million premature deaths annually are attributable to air pollution. Air pollution is mainly a result of economic activities. Although there are 195 countries in the world, the vast majority of economic activities on … [Read more...] about Air Pollution in G20 Countries in 2019