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Climate change has led to a decline in life expectancy for many people (Image: Shutterstock)The rise in temperature, alterations in the water cycle, and changes in food production all have detrimental effects on individual healthNo one can…

Wheat containing exotic DNA from wild relatives benefits from up to 50 per cent higher yields in hot weather compared with elite lines lacking these genes. Following a year when temperature records have been smashed, research from the…

Our planet is changing. So is our journalism. This story is part of a CBC News initiative entitled "Our Changing Planet" to show and explain the effects of climate change and what is being done about it. Standing on the tips of his toes,…