Summary
Many people feel that a change in climate might not be such a bad thing, but the way it affects our bodies could cause as much damage as any bad weather or sea rises FIRST Minister Rhodri Morgan famously declared that climate change would not be "entirely unhelpful" if it brought summer weather similar to California's or Spain's to Wales.
We would all welcome the prospect of better - and warmer - weather, following this summer's washout, but surely, given all the warnings about the apocalyptical threat that global warming poses as temperatures soar and the changing weather patterns destroy some of the principle vestiges of civilisation, climate change will not have such a benign impact on Wales.See the full content of this document
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The Heat Is On, and We Might Find Health Is Suffering
In all the public debates about global warming and the irrevocable damage that humans are wreaking on the planet, one aspect of climate change has been largely sidelined - its impact on human health, particularly in the temperate northern hemisphere.
Will a temperature rise of a few degrees Centigrade unleash new disease threats, not least from mosquitoes? Will the health service have to deal with i...See the full content of this document
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