TOPIC- POSITION ESSAY (How does global warming increase the dangers of disease in the U.S.?)
Global warming represents a fundamental threat to all living things on earth. Global warming is the greatest challenge facing our planet. It is, in fact, the increase in the temperature of the earth’s neon- surface air. It is one of the most current and widely discussed factors. Global warming causes different diseases. It increases the danger of disease in U.S. Climate change is occurring as a result of an imbalance between incoming and outgoing radiation in the atmosphere.
Global warming will lead to higher incidence and more intense versions of disease. The direct or indirect effects of global warming might intensify the prevalence of tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS, dengue and Lyme disease, they said, but the threat of increased health risks is likely to far motivate the public to combat global warming. It’s been known for a while that warming temperatures could help certain diseases. Malaria, which kills about 650,000 people a year, thrives in the hot and humid areas where the Anopheles mosquito can live. Insect vectors tend to be more active at higher temperatures. For example, tropical mosquitoes such as anopheles species, which transmit malaria, require temperatures above 16°C to complete their life cycles. The United States ultimately did pledge financial assistance to help poor countries deal with climate change.
The 2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen ended on December 18 without passage of a binding resolution for tackling global climate change. With the debate over U.S. health care reform raging, this event went largely unnoticed by the U.S. health care community. However, climate change will have enormous implications for human health, especially for the burden of vector borne and waterborne infectious diseases. The concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere have reached record levels, global temperatures have risen at a faster rate than at any time since records began to be kept in the 1850s, and temperatures are expected to increase by another 1.8 to 5.8°C by the end of this century. To describe the effect of climate change on a more global scale, the World Health Organization has released data regarding the estimated effects on human health as of the year 2000.
Solar radiation enters the atmosphere, some of it is absorbed by the earth's surface and reemitted as infrared radiation, which is then absorbed by greenhouse gases — primarily carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide — which result from the combustion of fossil fuels and which cannot be effectively removed from the atmosphere because of deforestation. This process generates heat. Governments must take the lead in tackling climate change, I believe that it is also our responsibility as members of the health care community to do our part. Recommendations for ways in which individuals and businesses can reduce their greenhouse-gas emissions are available from the Environmental Protection Agency. The authors analyzed how warming temperatures already are letting insects and microbes invade areas where they once were barred by severe seasonal chills. The United States has public health infrastructure and programs to monitor, manage, and prevent the spread of many diseases. The risks for climate-sensitive diseases can be much higher in poorer countries that have less capacity to prevent and treat illness.
Though reducing emissions is of the utmost importance, we must remember that the best-case scenario would be a global temperature increase of about 2°C. Therefore, we must also focus our efforts on mitigating the effects of climate change, including its potential impact on the global burden of infectious diseases. Additional research is needed on the ecology and epidemiology of infectious diseases that will probably be affected by climate change. One of the goals of research on climate change should be the development of early warning systems to help populations prepare for impending epidemics. Effective treatments and vaccines will go a long way in preventing human suffering that could otherwise occur as a result of climate change.
Global warming represents a fundamental threat to all living things on earth. Global warming is the greatest challenge facing our planet. It is, in fact, the increase in the temperature of the earth’s neon- surface air. It is one of the most current and widely discussed factors. Global warming causes different diseases. It increases the danger of disease in U.S. Climate change is occurring as a result of an imbalance between incoming and outgoing radiation in the atmosphere.
Global warming will lead to higher incidence and more intense versions of disease. The direct or indirect effects of global warming might intensify the prevalence of tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS, dengue and Lyme disease, they said, but the threat of increased health risks is likely to far motivate the public to combat global warming. It’s been known for a while that warming temperatures could help certain diseases. Malaria, which kills about 650,000 people a year, thrives in the hot and humid areas where the Anopheles mosquito can live. Insect vectors tend to be more active at higher temperatures. For example, tropical mosquitoes such as anopheles species, which transmit malaria, require temperatures above 16°C to complete their life cycles. The United States ultimately did pledge financial assistance to help poor countries deal with climate change.
The 2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen ended on December 18 without passage of a binding resolution for tackling global climate change. With the debate over U.S. health care reform raging, this event went largely unnoticed by the U.S. health care community. However, climate change will have enormous implications for human health, especially for the burden of vector borne and waterborne infectious diseases. The concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere have reached record levels, global temperatures have risen at a faster rate than at any time since records began to be kept in the 1850s, and temperatures are expected to increase by another 1.8 to 5.8°C by the end of this century. To describe the effect of climate change on a more global scale, the World Health Organization has released data regarding the estimated effects on human health as of the year 2000.
Solar radiation enters the atmosphere, some of it is absorbed by the earth's surface and reemitted as infrared radiation, which is then absorbed by greenhouse gases — primarily carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide — which result from the combustion of fossil fuels and which cannot be effectively removed from the atmosphere because of deforestation. This process generates heat. Governments must take the lead in tackling climate change, I believe that it is also our responsibility as members of the health care community to do our part. Recommendations for ways in which individuals and businesses can reduce their greenhouse-gas emissions are available from the Environmental Protection Agency. The authors analyzed how warming temperatures already are letting insects and microbes invade areas where they once were barred by severe seasonal chills. The United States has public health infrastructure and programs to monitor, manage, and prevent the spread of many diseases. The risks for climate-sensitive diseases can be much higher in poorer countries that have less capacity to prevent and treat illness.
Though reducing emissions is of the utmost importance, we must remember that the best-case scenario would be a global temperature increase of about 2°C. Therefore, we must also focus our efforts on mitigating the effects of climate change, including its potential impact on the global burden of infectious diseases. Additional research is needed on the ecology and epidemiology of infectious diseases that will probably be affected by climate change. One of the goals of research on climate change should be the development of early warning systems to help populations prepare for impending epidemics. Effective treatments and vaccines will go a long way in preventing human suffering that could otherwise occur as a result of climate change.