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Havet
15th June 2009, 20:46
GLOBAL WARMING HEALTH THREAT? (http://digg.com/d1ttW7)


Despite the clear timeframe of the two following news that come from BBC, one really has to wonder if the consequences of Global Warming can have some positive side or none at all. It is ultimately up to the reader that he must look the matter by himself in order to find out the truth.


Consider the following two news:

Climate change is the biggest global health threat of the 21st Century, according to a leading medical journal

...

The risk of a fatal heatwave in the UK within ten years is high, but overall global warming may mean fewer deaths due to temperature, a report says


Despite the more tragic news having appeared later, it never mentions the previous one and whether the initial news report was accurate or not.

What are your thoughts on this seeming contradiction?
ÑóẊîöʼn
16th June 2009, 01:54
A changing climate means other things will change also. The transition to a warmer world may be bumpy at times, but I see no reason to be overly concerned.
Havet
16th June 2009, 20:11
I don't either, but here you can clearly see how the more alarmistic news are many times shown without referring to the older contradictory news about them.

Basically it's just a way to show how inconsistent a lot of "credible" media is.

PS: By "credible i mean BBC News. Now you know why i placed " "...
piet11111
18th June 2009, 20:30
the biggest problem i consider to come from global warming would be the spread of malaria infected mosquito's.

but i admit i do not know much about this so it might be completely unfounded.
Vanguard1917
19th June 2009, 01:17
the biggest problem i consider to come from global warming would be the spread of malaria infected mosquito's.

but i admit i do not know much about this so it might be completely unfounded.

Malaria was eradicated in Europe and North America with mosquito-destroying pesticides (DDT) and socio-economic development. There's little reason why the rest of the world could not defeat malaria in similar fashion. Malaria is not so much a climatic problem as a social one -- related to poverty, lack of economic resources and underdevelopment; not to mention the disasterous anti-DDT policies of the West in recent decades.
piet11111
19th June 2009, 17:19
Malaria was eradicated in Europe and North America with mosquito-destroying pesticides (DDT) and socio-economic development. There's little reason why the rest of the world could not defeat malaria in similar fashion. Malaria is not so much a climatic problem as a social one -- related to poverty, lack of economic resources and underdevelopment; not to mention the disasterous anti-DDT policies of the West in recent decades.

thank you for the answer :)