Alejandra Barunda
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179 appearances
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3 series
first heard Dec 2024
last heard 2 Sep
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And that smoke hurts people's health.
During and after fires, hospitals see increases in visits for respiratory problems like asthma and COPD.
And scientists are increasingly concerned about long-term health effects, too.
Alejandra Burunda, NPR News.
Countries across Africa are responsible for a tiny fraction of climate pollution.
But the bad outcomes from climate change are far higher, according to a new report in the medical journal The Lancet.
It says climate change is increasing the risks from things like insect spread diseases like dengue fever or malaria.
And climate fuel disasters like Libya's 2023 floods are displacing or killing thousands of people.
Another study in the journal Science Advances focuses on the growing danger of nighttime heat.
Extra warm nights are a hallmark of climate change, and they're particularly unhealthy since people's bodies usually recover during nights.
Increased night heat in Africa, where few people have air conditioning, has driven a nearly 20% increase in heat deaths since 2010.
Alejandra Burunda, NPR News.
The auction will make about 80 million acres available in the Gulf of Mexico, which President Trump has renamed the Gulf of America.
The Interior Department's Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, which manages drilling in the region, says the auction price would be set as low as possible to encourage producers to bid.
The lease sale will be the first of 30 scheduled for the region in coming years.
Parts of the ocean off Alaska's coast will also become available for oil and gas development.
The announcement comes right before countries gather at COP30, the annual climate negotiations that aim to lower global levels of climate pollution.
Burning fossil fuels is the primary driver of climate change.
Alejandra Barunda, NPR News.
The auction will make about 80 million acres available in the Gulf of Mexico, which President Trump has renamed the Gulf of America.
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