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20 Apr 2018 |
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Flammable Planet: Wildfires and the Social Cost of Carbon
This report focuses on identifying the potential magnitude of wildfire damages from climate change. First, we review the science behind the increase in wildfire risk due to climate change, and discuss the potential impacts. Next, we review the economics of wildfire impacts more generally, due to a lack of damage estimates from ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Climate change, extreme weather events, air pollution and respiratory health in Europe
Due to climate change and other factors, air pollution patterns are changing in several urbanised areas of the world, with a significant effect on respiratory health both independently and synergistically with weather conditions; climate scenarios show Europe as one of the most vulnerable regions. European studies on heatwave ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Non-accidental health impacts of wildfire smoke
Wildfires take a heavy toll on human health worldwide. Climate change may increase the risk of wildfire frequency. Therefore, in view of adapted preventive actions, there is an urgent need to further understand the health effects and public awareness of wildfires. We conducted a systematic review of non-accidental health impacts of ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Wildfire Smoke:A Guide for Public Health Officials
This guide is intended to provide local public health officials with information they need when wildfire smoke is present so they can adequately communicate health risks, and precautions to the public.
20 Apr 2018 |
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Report: climate change will make wildfires worse
A rash of wildfires have burned across parts of the southwestern U.S. at an alarming frequency early in the 2016 fire season, and a new report suggests climate change is partly to blame.There are now more large fires burning across the region than at any time in the past 40 years, and the area being […]
20 Apr 2018 |
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Drought, climate change increase intensity of California wildfires
Because of the continuing California drought, authorities predicted another dangerous year, and the Sherpa Fire is one of 1,800 wildfires state and forest service firefighters have battled since January. In a June 1 Letter to the Editor, “SLO County tackles the health effects of climate change,” rising temperatures, frequent ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Fires in West Have Residents Gasping on the Soot Left Behind
The air in the San Joaquin Valley hangs thick with gray-brown dust, a result of the state’s largest fire, which has burned through more than 160 square miles in the nearby hills. The fire has so far spared lives and homes. But it has exposed one of the obscured effects that four years of record […]
20 Apr 2018 |
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Wildfire Smoke: Humo de Incendios Forestales
El humo está compuesto de una mezcla de gases y partículas finas que se emiten cuando algo se quema. Además de afectar los ojos, estos gases y partículas finas pueden ser inhalados profundamente en sus pulmones. Esto dificulta la respiración y podría agravar otras condiciones de enfermedades crónicas, tales como el asma y las ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Climate Change and Forestry
Forests are vital economic and cultural resources for many American Indian and Alaska Native tribes in the United States. Of the 18 million acres of tribal forest lands held in trust, 5.7 million acres are designated for commercial forestry. Climate change has the potential to both compromise the health of forests across the country, ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Climate Change and Health: Wildfires
PSR factsheet on climate change and health – wildfires