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The International Eczema Council investigates ‘how climate change may impact eczema’

Journal reference: Wang S-P,  Stefanovic N,  Orfali RL, et al.  Impact of climate change on atopic dermatitis: A review by the International Eczema Council. Allergy.  2024. – doi:10.1111/all.16007 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/all.16007

The research found mixed outcomes regarding the impact of warming on AD, with some studies indicating an increase in symptoms and others suggesting a decrease. No specific studies that examined the relationship between heat waves and AD were identified. Wildfires, increasingly common due to climate change, were found to exacerbate AD, with studies showing increased rates of clinic visits and symptoms during wildfire events.

Droughts were linked to AD through indirect effects like food insecurity and psychological stress, although direct studies were lacking. The effect of precipitation on AD was found to be complex and region-specific, with some studies showing increased risk and others finding no association.

Only one study was identified that examined the impact of storms on AD, indicating an increase in outpatient visits following storm events. The relationship between floods and AD was also explored, with studies suggesting increased dermatitis visits and emergency room admissions post-flooding.

The study did not find direct evidence linking sea level rise, ocean climate change, or land cover change to AD, though these factors could theoretically impact the condition.

Harvard has halted its long-planned atmospheric geoengineering experiment – After ‘years of controversy & the departure of one of the program’s key researchers’

https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/03/18/1089879/harvard-halts-its-long-planned-atmospheric-geoengineering-experiment/ Harvard has halted its long-planned atmospheric geoengineering experiment The decision follows years of controversy and the departure of one of the program’s key researchers.   The basic concept behind solar geoengineering is that the world might be able to counteract global warming by spraying tiny particles in the atmosphere that could scatter sunlight. The plan for […]

Coalition sues to block Virginia offshore wind project to protect the Right Whale

https://www.cfact.org/2024/03/18/coalition-sues-to-block-virginia-offshore-wind-project-to-protect-the-right-whale/   By CFACT Ed Lawsuit filed by The Heartland Institute, the Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow (CFACT), and the National Legal and Policy Center Construction of Dominion Energy’s offshore wind project comes as more and more dead whales are washing up on the Atlantic Coast The North Atlantic right whale is so critically endangered […]

Hertz CEO Resigns After Blowing Big Gamble on EVs

Hertz CEO Resigns After Blowing Big Gamble on EVs By Adelle Nazarian, The Western Journal Stephen Scherr, chief executive officer of Hertz Global Holdings Inc. and a member of its board of directors, will step down on March 31, following the car rental company’s largest quarterly loss since 2020 after a risky bet on electric vehicles. […]

Mold On The Menu: Scientists Alter Fungi Genes To Create Surprising Meat Replacement – Utilizing ‘gene editing system’ that created ‘alterations’ in the ‘mold’s genome’

https://studyfinds.org/mold-fungi-food/ What To Know: Scientists are using fungi to create a sustainable food alternative. By altering fungi genes, researchers created a burger patty made of mold. Gene editing boosted the food’s iron content, which gives meat its flavor and color. BERKELEY, Calif. — Forget about ordering that juicy steak from your favorite restaurant — how about […]

CNBC: ‘EV euphoria is dead’ – Automakers ‘scaling back or delaying their electric vehicle plans’ as ‘consumer demand for EVs hasn’t shown up’

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/03/13/ev-euphoria-is-dead-automakers-trumpet-consumer-choice-in-us.html EV euphoria is dead. Automakers trumpet consumer choice for U.S. car shoppers By Michael Wayland Automakers from Ford Motor and General Motors to Mercedes-Benz, Volkswagen, Jaguar Land Rover and Aston Martin are scaling back or delaying their electric vehicle plans. Though consumer demand for EVs hasn’t shown up in the way executives had expected, […]

Analysis: Polar Bears & Coral Reefs Are Doing Just Fine

Polar Bears and Coral Reefs Are Doing Just Fine By Linnea Lueken We live on a beautiful planet, filled with a dizzying assortment of interesting creatures and living organisms. The vast majority of people want to see that life flourish, so it is no wonder that particularly attractive species like cute (usually) polar bears and colorful […]

Now will you support the Green New Deal!? Actual Reuters headline: In rural India, climate migrants ‘have hysterectomies to survive’

Thomson Reuters Foundation: As climate change impacts hit farming, women driven into gruelling sugarcane work have the procedure to work harder, report says

Frequent droughts push poor rural families to migrate

Many work as labourers on Maharashtra sugar plantations

Hysterectomy rates found far higher among migrant workers

Drought is driving poor Indian women into exploitative sugarcane work in the central state of Maharashtra, with many of the migrant labourers opting to undergo unnecessary hysterectomies to work even harder, research showed on Thursday. Years of failed monsoons, extreme heat and droughts have led residents of Beed, a district in the top sugar-producing state to leave and become day labourers on sugar plantations, said the report by the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), a London-based think-tank… Ritu Bharadwaj, a principal researcher with the IIED and lead author of the paper: “Hysterectomies are a symptom of economic distress in the region that is exacerbated by the climate crisis.” … As climate change impacts hit farming, women driven into gruelling sugarcane work have the procedure to work harder, the report says. 

Biden boasts he’s saving the planet! ‘I’m taking the most significant action on climate ever in the history of the world.”

https://newsletter.climatenexus.org/20240308-sotu-caad-ai-car-harm Via Climate Nexus: Biden Mentions Climate, Clean Energy In SOTU: Though not the focus of his third official State of the Union address, President Biden touted his efforts to “save the planet from the climate crisis,” promote clean energy, and highlighted contrasts between himself and Republicans in a confrontational, overtly political speech. Bidem emphasized the creation […]

‘Alternative Facts’: Ted Nordhaus explains how extreme events came to represent climate change contrary to an overwhelming scientific consensus

https://rogerpielkejr.substack.com/p/alternative-facts BY ROGER PIELKE JR. Excerpt: …[A]n excellent new essay by Ted Nordhaus of The Breakthrough Institute2 published today by The New Atlantis, titled — Did Exxon Make it Rain Today?. Nordhaus does a nice job explaining that disasters occur at the confluence of an extreme event and an exposed and vulnerable society, but most attention these days […]