World Health Organization (WHO) director lists top three concerns.

During the 61st World Health Assembly, Dr. Margaret Chan, the Director-General of WHO, prioritized food shortages, climate change, and influenza pandemic on the agenda as major perils to humanity. The financially disadvantaged are the most vulnerable to food price increases, as any extra money spent for food takes away from money spent on health. In regards to global warming, Dr. Chan warned, "Throughout the course of this century. the effects of extreme weather events will be abrupt and acutely felt." 

Our gratitude, Dr. Chan and the World Health Organization, for focusing our attention on these major concerns of human existence. May we be graced with Godspeed in addressing the relevant issues to bring quick relief for those in need and safeguard future lives. 

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Climate change is causing larger and more numerous marine dead zones.

A new study has shown that the number of ocean ‘dead zones’ have doubled since 1995, with some as large as the Republic of Ireland. As the seas continue to warm, more regions become low in oxygen, resulting in the loss of marine life. The study’s authors, Lothar Stramma of the Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences in Germany, and Janet Sprintall, a physical oceanographer at Scripps Institution of Oceanography in the USA found that these oxygen-deprived dead zones are also expanding vertically and now extend deeper as well as being closer to the water’s surface.  

Esteemed scientists, you have our sincere thanks for your studies that reveal the declining state of our oceans. We pray that through conscious actions, the health and balance of our planetary marine life will soon be restored.