Stretching Your Dollar: How Climate Change Affects Your Home
Climate change isn't just having detrimental effects on the planet, it's also putting a dent in our wallets. Dave Jones, director of climate risk initiative at UC Berkeley, joined 'Stretching Your Dollar' to talk about ways that climate change can impact our everyday lives, including causing property damage. Jones also talked about the importance of home insurance, particularly in high-risk areas.
Research now shows dogs tend to age better when they have plenty of interaction with humans and other pets, according to a study published in the journal Evolution, Medicine & Public Health.
Children who lived closer to natural gas wells in heavily drilled western Pennsylvania were more likely to develop a relatively rare form of cancer, and nearby residents of all ages had an increased chance of severe asthma reactions, researchers said in reports released Tuesday evening.
Surgeons transplanted a pig’s kidney into a brain-dead man and for over a month it's worked normally — a critical step toward an operation the New York team hopes to eventually try in living patients.
