Why is there no policy being set by NIH? This is ridiculous.

November 22, 2020
By Howard Frumkin and Richard J. Jackson

If there was any lingering doubt (click here) that climate change threatens human health and well-being, this year put it to rest. Wildfire smoke aggravated heart disease and lung disease up and down the West Coast and across the country. A record-breaking hurricane season killed and injured people from North Carolina to Texas, and left tens of thousands homeless and at risk of PTSD and other mental health problems. Oppressive heat across the Southwest imperiled outdoor workers and athletes, the elderly and the poor, and people with underlying health problems, with risks ranging from heatstroke to heart attacks and even death

2020 reinforced another lesson: If we don’t prepare for health disasters and manage them skillfully, informed by the best evidence, then people suffer and die needlessly. In confronting a novel virus, the United States failed in its response, and we continue to have one of the world’s highest COVID-19 death rates.

What is true for COVID is true for climate change. We’re not prepared. Part of the gap is a knowledge gap: We haven’t done the needed research, and we lack critical information....

Eighth greek alphabet storm.

November 11, 2020

By Doyle Rice

The relentless 2020 hurricane season has set another record. (click here)

The record for named storms in a single season was broken overnight with the formation of Subtropical Storm Theta far out in the northeastern Atlantic Ocean. Theta is the 29th named storm of 2020, breaking the record of 28 from 2005, the National Hurricane Center said. Theta transitioned to a "regular" tropical storm Tuesday afternoon.

Meanwhile, closer to home, Tropical Storm Eta continues to spin in the Gulf of Mexico west of Cuba. Although the center of the storm is offshore, heavy rainfall from Eta will continue across South Florida into Tuesday night. "Additional flash and urban flooding, especially across previously inundated areas, will be possible in South Florida," the Hurricane Center warned....

This film loop is about Hurricane Laura on August 26, 2020. After Laura there are 13 more names for the 2020 hurricane season. 

In less than three months there has been 21 named storms in the Gulf-Atlantic. Primarily the Gulf this year. That is an average of 7 named storms per month. The cooling mechanisms of Earth is unable to keep up with the heat of Earth.