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Tag: Samuel Myers
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Nation & World
Elizabeth Kolbert sees a world depleted, and possibly defeated, by climate change
New Yorker writer Elizabeth Kolbert and Planetary Health Alliance Director Samuel Myers discussed whether humans can save the Earth during a “Weather Reports” panel hosted by the Harvard Divinity School.
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Nation & World
What weighed on us in 2019? ‘Climate emergency’
Harvard faculty reflect on 2019’s word of the year: “climate emergency.”
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Nation & World
Opening the door for scientific leaps
The projects range from making one the world’s smallest flying machines to opening a new lane of research in the study of climate change to developing a groundbreaking technology that conducts electricity with 100 percent efficiency to an investigation of how environmental change affects bees.
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Nation & World
Fishing gaps called malnutrition threat
Declining fish catches around the world have set off concerns about malnutrition, especially among the poor.
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Nation & World
Sick planet, sick people
Harvard scientists are helping launch a new initiative to foster collaboration among scientists working at the intersection of the environment and health.
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Nation & World
Rising CO2 poses significant threat to human nutrition
At the elevated levels of atmospheric CO2 anticipated by around 2050, crops that provide a large share of the global population with most of its dietary zinc and iron will have significantly reduced concentrations of those nutrients, according to a new study led by Harvard School of Public Health.
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Nation & World
Time to change the menu
Climate change, population growth present fresh challenges to a global food supply system already showing cracks.
