Laurie Garrett
Former Sr Fellow @CFR_org. Recipient of Pulitzer Prize, Polk (2Xs) and Peabody Awards. Author: IHeard theSirensScream, TheComingPlague, Ebola & BetrayalofTrust.
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Alaska’s heat wave, wildfires continue as drought conditions emerge - The Washington Post
Alaska has seen its warmest summer on record, and every aspect of the state's environment is impacted, from the southeastern temperate forests to the ecosystems of the Bering Sea.
Rwanda: un journaliste et un opposant portés disparus depuis un mois
Eugène Ndereyimana a disparu depuis le 15 juillet. Membre du parti de l’opposante Victoire Ingabire, il était attendu à Nyagatare, dans l’est du pays, où il devait rencontrer d'autres membres des FDU-Inkingi, mais il n’est jamais arrivé à...
Au Rwanda, torturer et tuer est devenu un instrument de gestion du pays
Sous le régime Kagame, le nombre de disparus se comptent par milliers. Ils sont de toutes catégories sociales, professionnelles et religieuses, le tout indifféremment d'âge et de sexe. La catégories la plus touchée est celle
Humanitarian aid is often immune to politically motivated cuts. Not in the Northern Triangle.
When the U.S. decides, due to political or strategic reasons, to restrict funding to a particular country, it usually allows for an exception for humanitarian aid, but not with U.S. funding to Northern Triangle countries.
Why are Republicans taking away birth control? Because they don't want women to have it
Forget the excuses for ending Planned Parenthood's grants — the goal has always been to take away birth control
Findings shed new light on why Zika causes birth defects in some pregnancies
One thing is clear when it comes to Zika: Pregnant women must do everything they can to avoid getting infected. If the virus gains entry to the mother’s cells, it can also infect the baby and cause severe birth defects, typically with a condition...
Half a billion bees die within three months in Brazil
Researchers fear pesticides are to blame for insects' deaths and that more will be affected
Curbing city traffic and air pollution: Mayor de Blasio on reforming how Uber and Lyft operate
When Uber and Lyft came on the scene a few years ago here in New York City, they sold themselves to us — and every other big city in America — as transformative technology that would improve service and create jobs for drivers, while cutting down on...
Hong Kong: CHP notified of human case of avian influenza A(H5N6) in Beijing
Via the Centre for Health Protection: CHP notified of human case of avian influenza A(H5N6) in Beijing. Excerpt: The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) of the Department of Health (DH) today (August 19) received notification of an additional human...
Funding crisis at Brazilian science agency could leave 80,000 researchers and students without pay
The National Council for Scientific and Technological Development may run out of money in a few weeks
Laurie Garrett
My heart goes out to colleagues across #Brasil : “I love my country. It’s where I do my fieldwork, where I built all my life. But I can’t [see] a way to continue doing good science for Brazil inside Brazil. I just can’t.”
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Scientists Have Been Underestimating the Pace of Climate Change
A book titled Discerning Experts explains why—and what can be done about it
China's Belt and Road Plan Is Destroying the World
Most Chinese-financed, coal-fired power plants built overseas use low-efficiency, subcritical coal technology, which produces some of the highest emissions of any form of power generation. Thus, China is destroying the environment.
Heatwaves and heavy rain predicted to last longer with climate change
Both the intensity and duration of extreme weather will worsen further in the northern hemisphere as temperatures rise, scientists warn
Trump Is Now Trolling Greenland With a Giant Gold Hotel
He shared a doctored photo of the picturesque island landscape marred by a huge Trump property.
Airborne concentrations and chemical considerations of radioactive ruthenium from an undeclared major nuclear release in 2017
A massive atmospheric release of radioactive 106Ru occurred in Eurasia in 2017, which must have been caused by a sizeable, yet undeclared nuclear accident. This work presents the most compelling monitoring dataset of this release, comprising 1,100...
Boris Johnson orders UK officials to not attend meetings with EU from September 1
PM has vowed to 'unshackle' diplomats in Brussels
Ozone
Ozone is a form of oxygen with molecules carrying three atoms instead of two. Ozone is found both in the troposphere, the lower 10 km of the atmosphere, and in the stratosphere, 10 to 50 km above the ground. Ozone acts as a shield protecting us...
A Texas Brewery Is Under Fire for Naming a Beer After a Nuclear Test Site
'Bikini Atoll' has sparked backlash from people in the Marshall Islands, who have pointed out that lingering radiation from U.S. nuclear weapons tests prevents people from living in their ancestral homelands.