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Impacts of climate change: human health

一次严重的烟雾事件
Posted inResearch Spotlights

医院如何应对野火

by Elizabeth Thompson 23 June 202128 September 2021

一项新研究跟踪调查了野火烟雾污染之后重症监护病房的入院情况。长期或严重的烟雾事件有可能使医院资源紧张。

A couple walks through smog.
Posted inEditors' Vox

Does Bad Air Cause Lung Cancer?

by G. Filippelli 2 June 20215 October 2021

Papers are welcomed for a new cross-journal special collection exploring the links between air quality and lung cancer.

A severe smoke event
Posted inResearch Spotlights

How Hospitals Respond to Wildfires

by Elizabeth Thompson 26 May 202126 October 2021

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.

不同的热应力指标以不同的方式变化,但是气候模型显示出全球范围内热应力增加的明显趋势。
Posted inResearch Spotlights

全球变暖导致热应力指标的不均匀变化

by Morgan Rehnberg 29 April 202126 October 2021

不同的指标以不同的方式变化,但是气候模型显示出一个明显的趋势,那就是热应力的增加。

Different heat stress indicators change in different ways, but climate models project a clear trend of increasing heat stress worldwide.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Global Warming Causes Uneven Changes in Heat Stress Indicators

by Morgan Rehnberg 1 April 202126 October 2021

Different indicators change in different ways, but climate models project a clear trend of increasing heat stress.

A coal ash dump in the foreground with SCI in the background
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An Unfought Geoscience Battle in U.S. Prisons

by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 10 November 202022 November 2021

Prisoners, activists, and lawyers are fighting to protect incarcerated people from pollution and the dangers of climate change. There’s a place for geoscientists in the fight too.

Map of Bangladesh showing levels of drinking water salinity
Posted inEditors' Highlights

Does Drinking Water Salinity Affect Child Mortality?

by Avner Vengosh 25 June 202012 June 2020

An association between drinking water salinity and neonatal and infant mortality in Bangladesh indicates the critical role of water salinity on child health.

Water flows between encroaching ice crystals.
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River Ice Is Disappearing

by Sarah Derouin 18 February 2020

Over the past 3 decades, the persistence of river ice has decreased by almost a week. The decrease in ice has important implications for ecology, climate, and the economy.

Brown smoke billows from the Willow Fire in Payson, Ariz., in 2004, fueling the formation of a towering pyrocumulonimbus system above
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What Do You Get When You Cross a Thunderstorm with a Wildfire?

by Jenessa Duncombe 27 December 201922 November 2021

Lightning, fire vortices, and black hail are some of the frightening features of fire-fueled storms, which may become more common in the future.

Adult taking temperature of child
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Climate Change Will Make Us Sicker and Lose Work Hours

by Jenessa Duncombe 18 November 2019

Experts have given the United States a warning: Reduce greenhouse gas emissions, or suffer the consequences of lower productivity and a sicker population for generations to come.

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