![]() Given the circumstances, Scientific American has agreed with major news outlets worldwide to start using the term “climate emergency” in its coverage of climate change. Multiply these situations worldwide, and you have the biggest environmental emergency to beset the earth in millennia: climate change. These are also emergencies that require immediate action. A sudden, record-setting cold snap cuts power to the entire state of Texas. A California dam bursts because floods have piled water high up behind it. Now consider the following scenarios: A hurricane blasts Florida. Multiply those individuals by millions of people who have similar symptoms, and it constitutes the biggest global health emergency in a century: the COVID-19 pandemic. ![]() When someone stumbles on the sidewalk because their chest is pounding and their lips are turning blue, that’s an emergency. ![]() ![]() When someone calls 911 because they can’t breathe, that’s an emergency. An emergency is a serious situation that requires immediate action. ![]()
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