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20 Apr 2018 |
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Health Effects of Climate Change Slide Set
Outlines how climate change in Minnesota can lead to various health effects; formative assessment at end of slide set; associated handout provided for students. Activity takes approximately 30 minutes; 90 minutes if you include the assessment.
20 Apr 2018 |
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Climate Toolkit 2016
Resources to help reduce energy use and greenhouse gas emissions in your practice. Physicians can play a substantial role in addressing climate change by advocating for climate change adaptation and mitigation policies and educating themselves about climate change and how it affects public and individual health, and the potential ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Sneezing and Wheezing: How Climate Change Could Increase Ragweed Allergies, Air Pollution, and Asthma
2014 was the hottest year on Earth since recordkeeping began in 1880, and ten of the previous warmest years on record occurred since 2000. The scientific consensus is that climate change is the driving force behind these rising temperatures. Scientific studies have also shown that our changing climate could favor the formation of ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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EPA – Human Health
The impacts of climate change include warming temperatures, changes in precipitation, increases in the frequency or intensity of some extreme weather events, and rising sea levels. These impacts threaten our health by affecting the food we eat, the water we drink, the air we breathe, and the weather we experience.The severity of ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Quiz: How Much Do You Know About the Health Impacts of Climate Change?
Understanding the threats that climate change pose to human health can help us work together to lower risks and be prepared. Take this quiz to see how much you know about the health impacts of climate change.
20 Apr 2018 |
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Climate Change and Human Health Risks in Your State
Climate change poses risks to human health. In the United States, we are already seeing rising temperatures, increased frequency and intensity of some types of extreme weather, sea level rise, and other changes in weather and climate patterns (for more, see EPA’s climate indicators).We are all vulnerable to the health impacts ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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How Will Climate Change Affect My Health?
Examples of how climate change can affect your health at different stages of your life.
20 Apr 2018 |
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Column: Here are some real but so far unconsidered consequences of climate change
When we say that the mean global temperature will rise by a couple of degrees, the normal reaction of people would be, “So what?” and some may even say that it may be good for the colder areas. Or when we say that we will lose some coastal land because of sea level rise, many […]
20 Apr 2018 |
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Fact Sheets: Climate Change, Health, and Populations of Concern
Understanding the threats that climate change poses to human health can help us work together to lower risks and be prepared. Climate change threatens human health, including mental health, and access to clean air, safe drinking water, nutritious food, and shelter.All Americans, at some point in their lives, are vulnerable to the ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Columbia University- Climate Change: Public Health Preparedness and Response
Without substantial changes in emissions rates, climate change from the buildup of greenhouse gases is likely to lead to extensive transformations of U.S. ecosystems and coastlines later this century. The U.S. Department of Defense’s 2010 Quadrennial Defense Review recently determined that climate change will contribute to food ...