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Ikea recalls Malm drawers in North America after child deaths
2016-06-28 12:42:10| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Ikea is to recall 27 million Malm chests of drawers in North America after the deaths of three children in the US.
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Heat waves could bring lots more deaths to NYC
2016-06-28 10:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: Annual heat-related deaths in New York City could soar by more than 500 percent by the 2080s, according to a new study. Published in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives, it finds a wide range of potential outcomes depending on how much warming we endure, how New Yorks demographics shift (elderly people are more likely to die from heat), and whether the city proactively adapts to the more severe heat waves that are certain to come. Deaths could be reduced by more cooling centers, more...
IEA: 7% increase in total energy investment could cut premature deaths from air pollution in half by 2040
2016-06-27 17:56:06| Green Car Congress
Climate Change In NYC: Hot Summers Could Cause Over 3,000 Deaths A Year By 2080
2016-06-23 07:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Medical Daily: New York City summers bring to mind images of children running through open fire hydrants, free concerts in the park, and a feeling of carefreeness not associated with any other season. If the results of new research are correct, New York City summers could conjure darker images as the result of worsening climate change.. Its well-known that high temperatures can overheat the body and lead to heat exhaust or even heat stroke. Researchers from Columbia University wanted to see what effect rising...
California tree deaths part of global wave of forest mortality
2016-06-23 04:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Summit County Voice: California`s multiyear drought killed even more trees than previously thought, the U.S. Forest Service announced this week. Aerial and ground surveys show that 26 million trees across six counties in Southern California died, in addition to the 40 million trees that died statewide from 2010 to October 2015. Four years of drought, high temperatures and an outbreak of tree-killing bark beetles all contributed the historic levels of tree die-off, the agency said. The tree mortality in California...
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