The pollutants driving the climate crisis are also making people sick, and as the crisis worsens people are getting sicker. That’s the bad news. Now the good: Mitigating the climate crisis, according to a global health expert, would eliminate nearly half of the world’s premature deaths. “When you think about what it means to get [...]
2022
PALOMINO, COLOMBIA — Sandbags and seawalls have proven feeble against the hunger of the sea as it devours the beach in this Caribbean coastal town. (Photo by Jeff McMahon) PALOMINO, COLOMBIA — A brief hike east or west from this Caribbean coastal town reveals long expanses of light gray sand, pounded by waves, backed by [...]
The pollutants driving the climate crisis are also making people sick, and as the crisis worsens people are getting sicker. That’s the bad news. Now the good: Mitigating the climate crisis, according to a global health expert, would eliminate nearly half of the world’s premature deaths. “When you think about what it means to get [...]
