Profile of Brazilian MPS I, II, and VI patients included in the sample. ERT, enzyme replacement therapy; HCPA, Hospital de ClÃ­nicas de Porto Alegre; IQR, interquartile range; MPS I, mucopolysaccharidosis type I; MPS II, mucopolysaccharidosis type II; MPS VI, mucopolysaccharidosis type VI.
Extreme Weather: Fires, Floods, Tornadoes, And Snowstorms Emerge Around The Globe. Extreme weather is wreaking havoc around the globe. While Texas is still in the midst of digging out from a weekend of tornadoes, the Lone Star state has been forced to brace for a massive snowstorm. El Nino is being blamed for many of the severe weather systems, which also include flooding induced by heavy rains, fires, and mudslides. The death toll from extreme weather conditions over the weekend is shocking.
These events are part of a new pattern of more extreme weather across the globe, shaped in part by human-induced climate change. As the climate has warmed, some types of extreme weather have become more frequent and severe in recent decades, with increases in extreme heat, intense precipitation, and drought. Heat waves are longer and hotter. Heavy rains and flooding are more frequent. In a wide swing between extremes, drought, too, is more intense and more widespread. All weather events are now influenced by climate change because all weather now develops in a different environment than before.