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How can nature help us meet the climate challenge in towns and cities?
Nature & Environment

How can nature help us meet the climate challenge in towns and cities?

...of emissions or investment in public health and disaster risk reduction infrastructure. References Baka A and Mabon L (2022) ‘Assessing equality in neighbourhood availability of quality green space in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom’ Landscape Research Advance version available online [Screenshot of animation for COP26] Click on the banner to explore the COP26 hub...
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The metagenomics revolution: an introduction
Science, Maths & Technology

The metagenomics revolution: an introduction

...public health and environmental integrity. Question 1 Why did the authors include water, soil, and manure samples in their analysis, rather than focusing on only one sample type? Answer Including water, soil, and manure captures different environmental compartments influenced by agriculture, allowing the study to assess how microbes and AMR genes move across...
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Why is New Delhi experiencing ever-worsening periods of smog?
Nature & Environment

Why is New Delhi experiencing ever-worsening periods of smog?

...public health emergency and dismissed warnings issued by doctors, concerned locals and international agencies as alarmist. "I am not saying we shouldn't do anything about it — everyone has to respond, but there is no need to spread panic among the people," Harsh Vardhan, federal minister for science and technology and a physician, told television interviewers....
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Canada & UK launch coal phaseout plan
Nature & Environment

Canada & UK launch coal phaseout plan

...public health opportunity – and a coal phaseout as one of the main measures to achieve it. “The coal phaseout is about less trauma, less displacement, fewer deaths from heat exhaustion, fewer burns from wildfires, fewer clouds of smoke and breathing problems, fewer malnourished children, less conflict and migration, fewer kids with asthma puffers, fewer ER visits and...
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Climate of fear: culture of hope
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Climate of fear: culture of hope

...public health emergencies. They need a coordinated, centralised response, far beyond the capabilities of any of us acting alone. So, we grant a range of powers to the government on the understanding that they’ll organise ways to protect us from this sort of threat. There’s a calculated trade-off here. We give up certain rights and short-term freedoms in exchange for...
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What do safe drinking guidelines mean?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What do safe drinking guidelines mean?

...publicity from the Department of Health, which baldly says “Men should not drink more than 14 units of alcohol each week, the same as women”. Neither the press release nor the Summary of the guidelines provide any information on the effects of higher consumption, but Tables 10 and 11 of the full expert reportprovides the estimates plotted below. [Graph showing alcohol...
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Budget 2016: The Experts Respond
Society, Politics & Law

Budget 2016: The Experts Respond

...Public Health England in its October 2015 report on Sugar Reduction. Consuming too much sugar causes tooth decay and leads to weight gain, increasing the risk of heart disease, type 2 diabetes, and stroke. Taxing soft drinks appears an effective preventive measure. Such taxes have been introduced in Brazil, France, Mexico and parts of the US and evidence suggests they are...
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The impact of technology on children's physical activity
Health, Sports & Psychology

The impact of technology on children's physical activity

...Public Health England, 2015). This is not just a UK problem: the World Health Organization (WHO, 2016) reported that 81 per cent of adolescents aged 11–17 years were insufficiently physically active in 2010. Health professionals and organisations are implementing many interventions aimed at increasing levels of physical activity to address childhood obesity and general...
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