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Disaster and Denial: Not just in Australia

As Australia burns, its leaders are clinging to coalAustralia is the world’s largest coal exporter, but its government is downplaying its contributions to climate change.

The race to decipher how climate change influenced Australia’s record firesResearchers have started an attribution study to determine how much global warming is to blame for the blazes that have ravaged the continent.

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Why Climate Denial Survives While Australia BurnsAustralian conservative politicians and media outlets have been in prime misdirection mode in the past few months.

Australia's Fires Are Terrifying. Will They Get World Leaders to Act on Climate Change?Australia's current leadership remains largely in denial about the problem

Australians Are Ready to Break Out of the Cycle of Climate Change DenialCatastrophic fires make it hard for media to stick to old narratives.

The Australia fires portend a future of climate apartheid The climate denialism of the rich and powerful is increasing the suffering of the poor and marginalised communities.

Australia on track to become one of the 'world's worst' climate damagersScience and policy institute Climate Analytics says Australia and its fuel exports may be responsible for up to 17 per cent of global carbon emissions by 2030.

Climate change already has effects on newborns and on people who may never be born.

How Climate Change is Clobbering Kids' HealthThe people least responsible are suffering the most

Could climate change affect baby birth weights?Researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) and Harvard University studied the relationship between birth weight (stock image) and ambient air temperature.

Climate Change Will Likely Influence Fertility RatesMany of climate change’s demographic impacts—including those on migration, health, and mortality—are well known. But will climate change also affect population growth? So far, relatively little [...]

How does climate change affect fertility?

New Research Shows How Climate Change Will Influence Infant Health

As countries crank up the AC, emissions of potent greenhouse gases are likely to skyrocketSlow coolant phaseout could worsen warming

Heat Waves May Lead to Birth Defects, Low Birth Weight Babies — EcoWatchWe have long known that children and the elderly need to be checked on during prolonged and intense heat waves. Now, new research has found another group at acute risk from extreme heat: pregnant women. Researchers from the University of California in San Diego found that longer and hotter heat waves, exactly the type that is commensurate with the climate crisis, might increase preterm births. As temperatures climbed higher and stayed that way for more and more days, the risk of preterm birth

The surprising interplay between climate change a - AnthropoceneClimate change will shape every aspect of human life – often in complex ways. Take the question of deciding how many children to have, for example.

Climate change and lower birth rates could be linked, says UCLA researcher | Cronkite News

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