Potential Crisis in Environmental Health Research
A potential crisis looms due to the loss of environmental health research funding from the federal government, worrying scientists about societal health and economic consequences.
"Baltimore is sinking, and the sea is rising,"
according to Benjamin Zaitchik, a professor of Earth and planetary sciences at Johns Hopkins University, who highlights the issues with Baltimore's aging infrastructure and extreme weather conditions, including excessive rainwater and floods.
- Excessive rainwater pours into aging infrastructure
- Unknown and complicated underground water-flow channels
- Soil doesn't stay frozen as long in January
- Increased rainfall compared to snowfall
Author's summary: Funding cuts threaten environmental health research.