'This is a problem with a human face'
(NEWSER) - The health care costs that climate change will cause have been overlooked—and they'll be staggering, according to a new study. Researchers looked at six climate-related disasters in the US, including wildfires, a hurricane, and a flood, and calculated that those six disasters alone cost the US $14 billion in health expenditures and shortened lives, the Huffington Post reports. The climate-related events were chosen as examples of the kind of disaster the world is expected to see more of as global warming accelerates. More»
