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Climate change: Links to global expansion of harmful cyanobacteria

Water Research, 2012
Cyanobacteria are the Earth's oldest (∼3.5 bya) oxygen evolving organisms, and they have had major impacts on shaping our modern-day biosphere. Conversely, biospheric environmental perturbations, including nutrient enrichment and climatic changes (e.g. global warming, hydrologic changes, increased frequencies and intensities of tropical cyclones, more ...
Hans W Paerl, Valerie J Paul
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A systematic review of the efficacy, harmful effects, and ethical issues related to sexual orientation change efforts.

Clinical Psychology, 2020
Sexual orientation change efforts (SOCE) are practices intended to eliminate same-sex attraction. We systematically review the literature on the efficacy of SOCE and discuss ways in which SOCE violate ethical guidelines for working with LGBQ clients ...
Amy Przeworski   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Technology may change cognition without necessarily harming it

Nature Human Behaviour, 2021
What is the long-term impact of technological advances on cognitive abilities? We critically examine relevant findings and argue that there is no clear evidence for detrimental lasting effects of digital technology on cognitive abilities. But we also suggest how digital technology may be changing predominant ways of cognition.
Lorenzo Cecutti   +2 more
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Healthcare and Climate Change: Do No Harm

Healthcare Quarterly, 2016
The increased frequency of extreme weather events due to climate change can cause casualties and put healthcare delivery at risk. Ironically, healthcare is a significant source of the very greenhouse gas emissions that lead to climate change. The Vancouver Island Health Authority case study shows the value of targets, energy management and innovation ...
Deanna, Fourt, Claudette, Poirier
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Changes in Alcohol-Related Harm after Alcohol Policy Changes in Denmark

European Addiction Research, 2009
<i>Objectives:</i> This paper examines changes in alcohol-related harm in Denmark between 2003 and 2005 after changes in alcohol policies were introduced between 2003 and 2005. <i>Methods:</i> Interrupted time series analysis was performed with data on violent assaults and hospitalisations for acute alcohol intoxication from ...
Bloomfield, Kim   +2 more
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Doctors and climate change: First do no harm

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 2021
Imagine a herd of cows in a fenced, lush green meadow shared with birds, bees and other small animals. Now imagine that everything the cows eat or drink comes in a plastic container. Humanity is on an appalling trajectory. Most of us are now aware that a crisis is upon us.
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How is Climate Change Harmful?

Ethics and the Environment, 2012
This article offers an account of the way in which climate change is harmful. It argues that the complex nature of climate change makes it challenging to attribute specific harmful outcomes to climate change. It turns out that the future people who will be harmfully affected by climate change will owe their existence to the very actions that led to the
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