研究人员指出，在评估与冷热相关的人类死亡风险方面，网格化的气候数据集与气象站数据一样有效。
Health impact
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Calculating Human Health Risks with General Weather Data
Gridded climate data sets are just as effective as weather station data at assessing human mortality risk related to heat and cold, researchers suggest.
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How Hospitals Respond to Wildfires
A new study tracks intensive care unit admissions after periods of wildfire smoke pollution. A prolonged or severe smoke event has the potential to strain hospital resources.
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Global Warming Causes Uneven Changes in Heat Stress Indicators
Different indicators change in different ways, but climate models project a clear trend of increasing heat stress.
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Análisis Climáticos Para Una Mejor Predicción de Brotes de Diarrea
Investigadores han encontrado nuevas conexiones entre las condiciones climáticas del fenómeno “La Niña” y la enfermedad más letal para los niños a nivel mundial.
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Using Climate Studies to Better Predict Diarrhea Outbreaks
Researchers have found new connections between La Niña climate conditions and the leading killer of children worldwide.
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Will Cape Town Escape Its Water-Starved Fate?
Despite ramped-up conservation efforts and hopes lifted by a few recent rainstorms, residents of the South African metropolis still face the possibility of a water doomsday.
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Will Clean Air Fade Away?
Government-sponsored research and regulations enabled western U.S. states to clean up their air, despite industrial and population growth. Proposed funding cuts could undo this progress.