Humanity will be affected by climate change, researchers afraid

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MEXICO: Recently a team of scientists discovered that climate change is even worse than initially thought. This could affect the last five years of progress into the health industry due to the higher risks of diseases, fear of food sources being destroyed, and pollution from various sources. According to the University College London, the extreme whether is going to intensify and be more often in the near future. This could mean that there will be more floods, droughts and other serious storms coming. Due to human limitations, the study shows that with the intense heat, humans are in serious danger and things could happen to construction workers and farmers, the two most important professions right now.
The study was conducted by a team of scientists from the University College London and found that extreme weather will only intensify and such extreme events will be more frequent in the future.
Extreme weather events such as floods, droughts and massive storms will have a great impact on human health and will increase the risk of cardiovascular illnesses, allergies and malnutrition. The researchers added that extreme weather caused by climate change will also be responsible for infectious, respiratory and mental illnesses.
All these mean that climate change can affect all the progress humanity has achieved in domains such as science, medical treatment, public infrastructure and technology in the last fifty years.
The researchers fear that humanity will be affected by climate change both directly, through droughts, floods, heat waves and massive storms, and indirectly, through increased pollution, infectious diseases, malnutrition, conflicts and massive migrations.
Ian Hamilton, scientist at the University College London’s department of Energy Institute, and one of the lead authors of the study, explained that humans are very limited to how much and how long they can bear working in extreme heat. Climate change will affect first of all those who do outdoor work, like construction workers and farmers. But climate change will not affect only these two work categories. Professor Hamilton said that heat stress will also affect those with a low income, the elderly and other many others.