News roundup for 8 August 2022 – Climate impacts have worsened vast range of human diseases – “Forever chemicals” have made rainwater “unsafe to drink” globally
Map showing natural catastrophe loss event worldwide in 2021. In 2021, natural disasters caused overall losses of $280 billion, of which roughly $120 billion were insured. Alongside 2005 and 2011, the year 2021 proved to be the second-costliest ever for...
Donald Trump, Scott Pruitt, James Hackett, Larry Kudlow. President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting on 11 May 2018 with automotive executives in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, a few months before the administration rolled back Obama-era fuel-efficiency...
The Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) on the Suomi NPP satellite acquired this natural-color image on 21 July 2019. Note the distinct plumes stemming from fires on the right side of the image. Winds carried the smoke toward the...