One of my favorite yearly traditions is spending $345 on gardening supplies so I don’t have to pay $3 for tomatoes at the grocery store

Are you attending Association of Health Care Journalists this summer? Come to my panel on Sunday, June 9 at 11 a.m. to learn about how climate change affects human health. You'll hear from a stellar lineup of experts.
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Ecoepidemiology Lab Robbie M. Parks Kathryn Thier Manisha Bhinge

The catastrophic floods in Rio Grande do Sul are sparking a national reckoning about climate change and resilience in Brazil that could impact this year's local elections, Zoya Teirstein writes for grist. grist.org/extreme-weathe…

⭐️OMG GOOD NEWS! A new outlet focused on local public health is launching soon! 1st cities: NYC & Atlanta. Out of Civic News Company w/KFF Health News partnering.

And we're hiring! Looking for:
-NYC health reporter
-Atlanta health reporter
-Engagement editor
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Here's how the 2024 ECMWF prediction for the heart of hurricane season (left) compares with 2020 (right)...

This is based off of the May ECMWF forecast initialization from both years.

The 2020 season went on to become the most active season on record.

There are two main

The World Health Organization (WHO) is rolling out a climate change and health course that looks pretty thorough and informative. You can access an early-release version here: web-staging.lxp.academy.who.int/coursewares/co…

TX Farmer spread fertilizer from human waste on his property. His neighbor, an organic farmer, tested a calf on his farm + found PFAS that were 152,000 times higher than EPA’s PFAS limits for drinking water. Incredible reporting from Zoya Teirstein

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Nearly 50 of Texas public water systems have reported exceeding the new EPA “forever chemicals” limits in drinking water. Experts say there are likely more. Water utilities must implement solutions to reduce PFAS within five years. For Texas Tribune texastribune.org/2024/04/16/tex…

A farmer in Texas spread fertilizer made from human waste on his property. His neighbor, an organic farmer, tested a calf in his farm and found PFAS that were 152,000 times higher than EPA’s PFAS limits for drinking water. The ensuing lawsuit, and more: grist.org/agriculture/th…

The US will soon learn how bad its PFAS crisis is. But Maine has already begun to look—and is waking up to a nightmare. For The Atlantic I spoke to a family realizing they drank toxic water for 30 years, and what it may have cost them. Maine is a warning: theatlantic.com/science/archiv…

DONT THROW AWAY YOUR ECLIPSE GLASSES‼️

stick your glasses in an evelope & mail to the address below so that kids in Latin America can use them Oct 2, to watch the South American Eclipse

Eclipse Glasses USA, LLC
PO Box 50571
Provo, UT 84605

Just in: Forecasters predict an 'extremely active' Atlantic season with a whopping 23 named storms, 11 hurricanes, 5 major hurricanes of Cat. 3+. Unheard of heat in Atlantic, plus developing El Niño = trouble ahead. axios.com/2024/04/04/hur…

Pulling up this piece from last year on the connection between climate-driven disruptions to ecosystems and outbreaks of bird flu, and why experts have been ultra-concerned about a scenario like the one unfolding in Texas right now.
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