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20 Apr 2018 |
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Climate change, climate justice and the application of probabilistic event attribution to summer heat extremes in the California Central Valley
Probabilistic event attribution (PEA) is an important tool for assessing the contri- bution of climate change to extreme weather events. Here, PEA is applied to explore the climate attribution of recent extreme heat events in California’s Central Valley. Heat waves have become progressively more severe due to increasing relative ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Climate and dengue transmission: evidence and implications
BACKGROUND: Climate influences dengue ecology by affecting vector dynamics, agent development, and mosquito/human interactions. Although these relationships are known, the impact climate change will have on transmission is unclear. Climate-driven statistical and process-based models are being used to refine our knowledge of these ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Climate Change, Justice, and Adaptation among African American Communities in the Chesapeake Bay Region
In this paper, the authors present results from a study of climate change and community adaptation, focusing on two African American communities on the Eastern Shore of the Chesapeake Bay. These two communities are representative of small, resource-poor communities that are particularly prone to increased flooding, storms, and ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Do pollution and climate influence respiratory tract infections in children?
To review if pollution and climate changes can influence respiratory tract infections in children. DATA SOURCE: Articles published on the subject in PubMed, SciELO, Bireme, EBSCO and UpTodate were reviewed. The following inclusion criteria were considered: scientific papers between 2002 and 2012, study design, the pediatric ...
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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Climate Change and Health on the U.S. Gulf Coast: Public Health Adaptation is Needed to Address Future Risks
The impacts of climate change on human health have been documented globally and in the United States. Numerous studies project greater morbidity and mortality as a result of extreme weather events and other climate-sensitive hazards. Public health impacts on the U.S. Gulf Coast may be severe as the region is expected to experience ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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The health impacts of climate change
Can we at last accept that the climate is changing, that we are making it happen, and that there are profound implications for us? Chris Rapley answers the key questionsNo science is ever completely settled. However, among the tens of thousands of scientists working in the field of climate science worldwide there is almost complete ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Climate Change. A Global Threat to Cardiopulmonary Health
Recent changes in the global climate system have resulted in excess mortality and morbidity, particularly among susceptible individuals with preexisting cardiopulmonary disease. These weather patterns are projected to continue and intensify as a result of rising CO2 levels, according to the most recent projections by climate ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Climate change and human health: the role of nurses in confronting the issue
Climate change will impact human health in various ways as the ecology of our planet changes. Environmental changes such as increased heat waves, sea-level rise, and increased drought around the globe will aggravate already-existing health problems, increase the onset of new health problems, and, in some cases, cause premature death. ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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The impact of incinerators on human health and environment
Of the total wastes generated by health-care organizations, 10%-25% are biomedical wastes, which are hazardous to humans and the environment and requires specific treatment and management. For decades, incineration was the method of choice for the treatment of such infectious wastes. Incinerator releases a wide variety of pollutants ...