Climate Facts: High temperatures could increase cancer risk in women, study finds

The complexities of climate change and its associated jargon can prove difficult to digest.

TheCable’s quick climate facts will help demystify these concepts through easy-to-understand and straight-to-the-point explanations.

Here are some to keep at the tip of your fingers:

• A study published in the Frontiers in Public Health journal says there is a correlation between prolonged exposure to high ambient temperatures and certain cancer types in women. 

• A new study says climate change could lead to spread of infection-causing fungi.

• The study added that rising global temperatures are enabling the spread of dangerous fungus in new regions, including North America, Europe, China, and Russia.

• A new report published in the journal BioScience says climate change threatens about 5 percent of wild animal species, with ocean invertebrates the most exposed.