Climate Crisis May Lead to Rise in Stillbirths
A new study suggests a connection between an increase in the Earth s temperature and more stillbirths.
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Climate change is perhaps the greatest existential threat that humanity has ever faced and as environmental research accumulates, we keep discovering unexpected side effects of making industrial civilization reliant on fossil fuels. The latest one: a likely link between global warming and increased numbers of stillbirths.
A new study published in the scientific journal
Environmental Research suggests a connection between an increase in the Earth’s temperature and more stillbirths. Authors from the University of Queensland found that pregnant women who were exposed to extreme ambient temperatures during their pregnancy seemed to be at an increased risk of stillbirth, especially later in the pregnancy. Scholars at their School of Earth and Envir
Early research suggests climate change could lead to more stillbirths
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