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	<title>State of the Planet &#187; Climate and Health</title>
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		<title>Visualizing Malaria from Space</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/11/30/visualizing-malaria-from-space/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2012 21:42:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guest Blogger</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Global Health]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[American Geophysical Union]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=32648</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="110" src="http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Pietro-150x110.png" class="attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Pietro" />Public health professionals are increasingly concerned about the impact climate variability and change can have on infectious diseases such as malaria, dengue fever and bacterial meningitis. However, in order to study the relationships between climate and ...]]></description>
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		<title>Climate and Public-Health Communities Train Together</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/05/27/climate-and-public-health-communities-train-together/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/05/27/climate-and-public-health-communities-train-together/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 16:04:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Francesco Fiondella</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Global Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Climate and Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate matters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Communicating Climate]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/climate/?p=1777</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For the third year in a row, public-health professionals and climate scientists from around the world are visiting Columbia University&#8217;s Lamont campus, where the International Research Institute for Climate and Society is based, to learn how to use climate information to make better decisions for health-care planning and disease prevention. They&#8217;re taking part in the [<a href="http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/05/27/climate-and-public-health-communities-train-together/">...</a>]]]></description>
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		<title>Creating More Useful Forecasts</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/04/22/creating-more-useful-forecasts/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/04/22/creating-more-useful-forecasts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 14:33:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ashley Curtis</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[climate matters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Climate Predictability Tool]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/climate/?p=1691</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Seasonal forecasts can be effective tools for agricultural planners, water resources managers and other decision makers. For example, after torrential rains and floods wreaked havoc in the West African nation of Ghana in 2007, displacing some 400,000 people there, the regional office of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies started using [<a href="http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/04/22/creating-more-useful-forecasts/">...</a>]]]></description>
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		<title>Using Climate Information for Humanitarian Assistance</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2009/12/14/using-climate-information-for-humanitarian-assistance/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2009/12/14/using-climate-information-for-humanitarian-assistance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:23:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Francesco Fiondella</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Climate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Adaptation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Climate and Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate matters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Decision Science]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[disasters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[floods]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[hunger]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/climate/?p=1376</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Using Climate and Weather Forecasts to Improve Humanitarian Decision Making]]></description>
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		<title>Climate and Meningitis in Africa</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2009/12/07/climate-and-meningitis-in-africa-2/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2009/12/07/climate-and-meningitis-in-africa-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 21:49:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Francesco Fiondella</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Climate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/climate/?p=1351</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A new Google Earth tour explores the link between climate and meningitis outbreaks in Africa.]]></description>
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		<title>What does this El Niño mean for public health?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2009/08/21/what-does-this-el-nino-mean-for-public-health/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2009/08/21/what-does-this-el-nino-mean-for-public-health/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2009 03:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Francesco Fiondella</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Climate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Climate and Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate matters]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/climate/?p=1037</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The IRI has just published a short bulletin to provide an update on this year&#8217;s El Niño and what it could mean for the health in different regions of the world. The document gives decision makers key recommendations on how to monitor communities at risk and take steps to reduce their vulnerability. Visit this page [<a href="http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2009/08/21/what-does-this-el-nino-mean-for-public-health/">...</a>]]]></description>
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		<title>Top misconceptions about El Niño and La Niña</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2009/08/07/top-misconceptions-about-el-nino-and-la-nina/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2009/08/07/top-misconceptions-about-el-nino-and-la-nina/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 20:02:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Francesco Fiondella</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Climate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Water]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Climate and Agriculture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Climate and Health]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Communicating Climate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[El Niño]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ENSO]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[seasonal forecasts]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/climate/?p=1021</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Forecasts by the International Research Institute for Climate and Society and other institutions show that a weak El Niño has developed in the equatorial Pacific, and is likely to continue evolving with warmer-than-normal conditions persisting there until early 2010. What exactly is this important climate phenomenon and why should society care about it? Who will [<a href="http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2009/08/07/top-misconceptions-about-el-nino-and-la-nina/">...</a>]]]></description>
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		<title>Abrupt Climate Change in a Warming World</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2009/08/06/abrupt-climate-change-in-a-warming-world/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2009/08/06/abrupt-climate-change-in-a-warming-world/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 10:34:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary-Elena Carr</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Climate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Water]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Climate and Agriculture]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/climate/?p=1007</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Early last month, I attended a meeting on Abrupt Climate Change in a Warming World. Climate Matters @ Columbia has discussed abrupt climate change before, referring to the hydrologic cycle, and with regards to melting sea ice or permafrost. Shifts in the earth climate are a known fact: crocodile-like reptiles lived in Greenland 55 million [<a href="http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2009/08/06/abrupt-climate-change-in-a-warming-world/">...</a>]]]></description>
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		<title>Plasma Gasification: A Solution to the Waste Disposal Dilemma?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2009/07/08/plasma-gasification-a-solution-to-the-waste-disposal-dilemma/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2009/07/08/plasma-gasification-a-solution-to-the-waste-disposal-dilemma/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 18:46:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adrian Soghoian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Climate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Adaptable Infrastructure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Adaptation]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Joseph Longo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[plasma gasification]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Startech]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sustainability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[waste disposal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[waste management]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/climate/?p=954</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="110" src="http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/landfillcompactor1-150x110.jpg" class="attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="landfillcompactor" />Waste not, Want not? The source of this proverb is unknown, but I&#8217;m going to hazard a guess and say it wasn&#8217;t your average (modern) American. I say this because your average American runs through 56 tons of trash a year &#8211; including 500 plastic cups and 650 pounds of paper. If we were to [<a href="http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2009/07/08/plasma-gasification-a-solution-to-the-waste-disposal-dilemma/">...</a>]]]></description>
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		<title>Some Thoughts on the Summer Institute</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2009/06/18/some-thoughts-on-the-summer-institute/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2009/06/18/some-thoughts-on-the-summer-institute/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 16:46:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kalpana Venkatasubramanian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Climate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Climate and Health]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Communicating Climate]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/climate/?p=762</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Summer Institute, mentioned here, drew to a close last week and while attending a session on final presentations by the participants, I was struck by how participants, depending on their backgrounds, benefited differently from the course and took away unique learnings. For instance, one participant, Daddi Jima Wayessa, Head of Malaria and other Vector-borne [<a href="http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2009/06/18/some-thoughts-on-the-summer-institute/">...</a>]]]></description>
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