Doyle Rice USA TODAY Published 11:50 p.m. UTC Jul 24, 2018 Rising temperatures linked to human-caused climate change could lead to increasing suicide rates in the U.S. and Mexico, a study suggested Monday. By comparing historical temperature and suicide data going back decades, researchers found a strong correlation between warm weather and increased suicides, according to new research published in Nature Climate Change, a peer-reviewed British journal. Researchers have known for centuries that conflict and violence tend to peak during warmer months. Read this: Heavy rains and flooding could have the fingerprints of climate change "Now we see that in addition to hurting others, some individuals hurt themselves," said Solomon Hsiang, study co-author from the University of California-Berkeley. "It appears that heat profoundly affects the human mind and how we decide to inflict harm." The study found climate change could lead to 9,000 … [Read more...] about Global warming risk: Rising temps from climate change linked to rise in suicides
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Global warming risk: Rising temperatures from climate change linked to rise in suicides
Doyle Rice USA TODAY Published 5:27 p.m. UTC Jul 23, 2018 Rising temperatures linked to human-caused climate change could lead to increasing suicide rates in the U.S. and Mexico, a study released Monday suggests. By comparing historical temperature and suicide data going back decades, researchers found a strong correlation between warm weather and increased suicides, according to new research published in Nature Climate Change, a peer-reviewed British journal. Researchers have known for centuries that conflict and violence tend to peak during warmer months. "Now we see that in addition to hurting others, some individuals hurt themselves," said Solomon Hsiang, study co-author from the University of California, Berkeley. "It appears that heat profoundly affects the human mind and how we decide to inflict harm." The study found climate change could lead to 9,000 to 44,000 additional suicides across the U.S. and Mexico by … [Read more...] about Global warming risk: Rising temperatures from climate change linked to rise in suicides
Fight against climate change focus of Ag Reserve protest
By R.E. Denty, Palm Beach Post Staff Writer As thousands of young people across the country participated in the Youth Climate March on Saturday, a dozen area activists marched to save their own piece of “paradise” in the Palm Beach County Agricultural Reserve. Ari Silver, 16, who attends Olympic Heights Community High School near Boca Raton, said it’s up to his generation to reverse climate change, and he’s starting by fighting to stop a road from being paved through the county’s Agricultural Reserve.“This march is specifically trying to protect the Agricultural Reserve, land promised to us to be kept as agriculture but is now being paved over as we speak,” Silver said. “We love the fresh fruit and veggies and all of the benefits it gives to our economy. To see politicians destroying it willy-nilly is heartbreaking.”The county’s Agriculture Reserve is 22,000 acres of land set aside for conservation and farming west of … [Read more...] about Fight against climate change focus of Ag Reserve protest
Louisiana teen’s climate change lawsuit cleared for trial: report
The climate change lawsuit filed by a Louisiana teenager and 20 other youths against the federal government has cleared another pretrial hurdle, according to The Register Guard of Eugene, Ore. For the second time this year, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday (July 20) rejected a request from President Donald Trump's administration to dismiss what some call the "climate kids" suit. A group of young people ages 11 to 22, including Jayden Foytlin of Rayne, filed the suit during President Barack Obama's administration in U.S. District Court in Eugene. Six of the plaintiffs live in Eugene. They accuse the federal government of violating their constitutional rights by promoting fossil fuel production and failing to protect the country's natural resources even while it has known for decades of the dangers of climate change. They ask the court to order a government plan to reduce carbon emissions. Government attorneys say national climate policy should be decided in the … [Read more...] about Louisiana teen’s climate change lawsuit cleared for trial: report
Meet the Teenagers Leading a Climate Change Movement
Sections SEARCH Skip to content Skip to site index Politics Subscribe Log In Subscribe Log In Advertisement Supported by ByAlexandra Yoon-Hendricks July 21, 2018 WASHINGTON — Some of them met on Instagram. Others coordinated during lunchtime phone conferences. Most of them haven’t even graduated from high school. The teenagers behind Zero Hour — an environmentally focused, creatively minded and technologically savvy nationwide coalition — are trying to build a youth-led movement to sound the alarm and call for action on climate change and environmental justice. For the last year, a tight-knit group spanning both coasts has been organizing on social media. The teenagers kicked off their campaign with a protest on Saturday at the National Mall in Washington, along with sister marches across the country. As sea levels rise, ice caps melt and erratic weather affects communities across the globe, they say time is … [Read more...] about Meet the Teenagers Leading a Climate Change Movement