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Taxonomy Archive: midwest
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Climate and Health in Illinois
Climate change is affecting human health in a variety of ways, right in our backyards. People in the Prairie State are vulnerable to climate-related health threats from worsening air quality, extreme heat, extreme precipitation and flooding, and greater exposure to dangerous diseases. We must take action now to ensure a healthy ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Climate and Health in Iowa
Science shows that climate change is affecting human health in a variety of ways, right in our backyards. People in the Hawkeye State are vulnerable to climate-health threats—from worsening air quality, extreme heat, extreme precipitation and flooding, and greater exposure to dangerous diseases. We must take action now to ensure a ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Climate and Health in Michigan
Climate change is affecting human health in a variety of ways right in our backyards. People in Michigan are vulnerable to climate-related health threats from worsening air quality, extreme heat, extreme precipitation and flooding, and greater exposure to dangerous diseases. We must take action now to ensure a healthy climate for our ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Climate and Health in Missouri
Climate change is affecting human health in a variety of ways, right in our backyards. People in the Show Me State are vulnerable to climate-related health threats from worsening air quality, extreme heat, extreme precipitation and flooding, and greater exposure to dangerous diseases. We must take action now to ensure a healthy ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Climate and Health in Ohio
Climate change is affecting human health in a variety of ways right in our backyards. People in the Buckeye State are vulnerable to climate-related health threats from worsening air quality, extreme heat, extreme precipitation and flooding, and greater exposure to dangerous diseases. We must take action now to ensure a healthy ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Sizzling Midwest Feels a Preview of a Hotter Future Climate
Extreme heat waves like the current string of scorching days in the Midwest have become more frequent worldwide in the last 60 years, and climate scientists expect that human-caused global warming will exacerbate the dangerous trend in coming decades. It comes with potentially life-threatening consequences for millions of ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Health and Climate Film
The MN Climate & Health Program, in partnership with the MN Environmental Public Health Tracking Program and tpt MN, produced the film: Health and Climate, which highlights some of the climate changes Minnesota has been experiencing and the subsequent public health impacts.
20 Apr 2018 |
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Toward a Quantitative Estimate of Future Heat Wave Mortality under Global Climate Change
Objectives: We estimated the future excess mortality attributable to heat waves under global climate change for a major U.S. city.Methods: We used a database comprising daily data from 1987 through 2005 on mortality from all nonaccidental causes, ambient levels of particulate matter and ozone, temperature, and dew point temperature ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Iowa Climate Statement 2014: Impacts on the Health of Iowans
Iowans are experiencing the very real impacts of climate change, including heavier rains in spring, increased flooding, and a longer growing season. Human health effects are just as real and are already being felt in Iowa. Most obvious, immediate, and direct are the health‐related effects of extreme events, which are increasing in ...
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.