(HealthNewsDigest.com) – In ‘Recipe for Survival: What You Can do to Live a Healthier and More Environmentally Friendly Life,’ scheduled for publication in January 2022….
Category: Environment
How Do We Provide Meaning to Our Environment?
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – The brain is the most complex organ in our body – constantly absorbing and interpreting our surroundings, and guiding our movement, thoughts, behaviors and emotions.
Fifty Years Ago: The Darkening Day
By Erika Mills ~ In 1970, the National Library of Medicine featured an exhibition about pollution called The Darkening Day. The modern environmental movement had Continue reading Source: NLM
Strict Environmental Laws ‘Push’ Firms to Pollute Elsewhere
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – COLUMBUS, Ohio – Multinational companies headquartered in countries with tougher environmental policies tend to locate their polluting factories in countries with more lax regulations, a new study finds.
Environmentally Friendly Behavior is Easy — Tourists Just Need a ‘Nudge’
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – A new study in Frontiers in Communication has demonstrated the powerful impact that subtle messaging and cues, or ‘nudges’, can provide on encouraging people to show socially desirable behaviors.
Climate Change is Hurting Children’s Diets, Global Study Finds
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – A first-of-its-kind, international study of 107,000 children finds that higher temperatures are an equal or even greater contributor to child malnutrition and low quality diets than the traditional culprits of poverty
New Climate Change Study: Number of People Suffering Extreme Droughts Will Double
(HealthewsDigest.com) – EAST LANSING, Mich. – Michigan State University is leading a global research effort to offer the first worldwide view of how climate change could affect water availability and drought severity in the decades to come.
Positive ‘Tipping Points’ Offer Hope for Climate
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Positive “tipping points” could spark cascading changes that accelerate action on climate change, experts say.
How ‘Iron Man’ Bacteria Could Help Protect the Environment
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – When Michigan State University’s Gemma Reguera first proposed her new research project to the National Science Foundation, one grant reviewer responded that the idea was not “environmentally relevant.”
Paying for Emissions We’ve Already Released
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – The planet is committed to global warming in excess of 2 degrees Celsius (3.6°F) just from greenhouse gases that have already been added to the atmosphere.
New Report Reveals Human, Economic Toll of Air Pollution in India
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Chestnut Hill, Mass. (12/22/2020) – Air pollution in India resulted 1.67 million deaths in 2019 – the largest pollution-related death toll in any country in the world….
Managing Ecosystem Restoration: What Does Success Look Like?
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Restoration projects are getting larger and more complex due to population growth, climate change, and disaster response.
Trees Can Help Slow Climate Change, but at a Cost
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – COLUMBUS, Ohio – Widespread forest management and protections against deforestation can help mitigate climate change – but will come with a steep cost if deployed as broadly as policymakers have discussed
The Economic Effects of Working From Home
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – The coronavirus pandemic has dramatically altered the workplace. To slow the virus’s spread and protect employees, many companies have shifted to remote work, with video calls and instant messaging….
Does Eating Fish Protect Our Brains from Air Pollution?
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – MINNEAPOLIS – Older women who eat more than one to two servings a week of baked or broiled fish or shellfish may consume enough omega-3 fatty acids to counteract the effects of air pollution on the brain
Understanding Molecular Mechanisms of Air Pollution’s Impact on Interstitial Lung Disease is Critical to Minimizing its Effects
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – July 1, 2020─More research must be done to investigate the role of air pollution on the epigenome in patients with interstitial lung diseases (ILDs), in order to develop strategies that minimize the effects of these pollutants
Atmospheric Processes Likely Caused Puzzling Haze Over China During COVID-19 Shutdown
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – New research indicates that significant enhancement of secondary aerosol formed in the atmosphere via gas-to-particle conversion, together with long-lasting regional transport….
Income, Race are Associated with Disparities in Access to Green Spaces
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – COLUMBUS, Ohio – Access to green spaces in metro areas—parks, trails, even the tree cover in a neighborhood – is largely associated with income and race, new research indicates.
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Ranked No. 1 Children’s Hospital in the Western U.S., No. 5 Nationally for Second Straight Year
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – LOS ANGELES (June 16, 2020) — Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) ranks again among the nation’s premier destinations for pediatric care….
New Study Finds That Access to Education and Markets Vital for Coastal Fishing Communities Adapting to a Warming and Changing World
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – A new study investigating the links between coastal communities and coral reefs in Kenya and Madagascar has found that access to education and markets can help mitigate….