Climate Change and Health

Google Tech Talks
October 30, 2006

Paul Epstein

ABSTRACT
Climate change has multiple direct and indirect consequences for human health. Heat waves affect health directly and are projected to take an increasing toll in developed and underdeveloped nations. The 2003 summer heatwave in Europe -- an event six standard deviations from the mean -- led to 21-35,000 excess deaths in five nations, extensive wildfires, crop failures, nuclear plant shutdowns and melted 10% of the Alpine glacial mass. This event and Hurricane Katrina in 2005 demonstrate that climate change and its impacts may be surprisingly non-linear. Credits: Speaker:Paul Epstein

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[mcdennis15]

are you a fkcing retard?

You're just fkcing ignorant

[EliInWonderland]

Adriana you are completely MAD. I hope that the majority of the people isn't as mentally impaired as you, or we will end up destroying the entire planet. Read some of the millions of articles, essays and scientific research and projections which are EVERYWHERE instead of watching silly shows on tv or thinking about nothing more intelligent than shopping and COME - YOU - TO YOUR SENSES. WAKE UP, you're amongst those who are ruining our planet!!!!!!!!!!!

[donluchitti]

@FightTheNWOtv haha, you debase the idea of climate change on a single issue "climate gate" then, expect us to believe that it's that simple, that there is no temperature raise because some scientists were kissing ass to politicians? smdh, you're just spitting in the face of science as well as the hundreds of independent studies linking climate raise due to solar cycles as well as man made c02/ green house gas creation. The truth is never as simple as u make it to be.

[FightTheNWOtv]

@harbar3000 Spread this far and wide. You know the truth! Climategate blip.tv/file/2946690/

[FightTheNWOtv]

Good news everybody! Global Warming is a fraud. The little Animals will be safe. Watch this documentary on blip.tv. Climategate blip.tv/file/2946690/

[FightTheNWOtv]

@EliInWonderland Do the same thing and research Climate gate. Dont be a sucka. Al Gore is an environemental pimp. Luckily Global Warming is a fraud. Watch this documentary on blip.tv. Climategate blip.tv/file/2946690/

[yahazif]

There has never been a time when the climate wasn't changing. That is the nature of the Earth.

[yahazif]

In the southern Hemisphere the glaciers and ice cap are expanding. Riddle me that one Batman.

[JonThm]

'Climate Change' is PR by nuclear power. CO2 = life on Earfth.