Health News How Climate Change Will Affect Your Health

What is climate change doing to your body? Find out the impacts here.

As greenhouse gas emissions surround the Earth, they trap the sun’s heat. Because of this, the planet is warming up, and the climate is changing. That is impacting human health in several ways, ... Read More

Climate change – how does it affect our mental health?

Climate change is more prevalent today than ever, and it’s having a notable impact on our mental health across the world ... Read More

Climate Change Will Affect Pulmonary Health Across Intensive Care

Climate change exacerbates health emergencies, affecting outcomes and healthcare access due to natural disasters like wildfires and extreme heat. Vulnerable populations, including low-income ... Read More

More than a gut feeling: How climate change affects GI health

From heat-related illnesses to the geographic expansion of infectious diseases, the effects of climate change on human health are complex. And indeed, dimensions of this interaction, such as the ... Read More

‘A devastating global audit’ shows how climate change is undermining the health of millions

This story is part of the Grist series Vital Signs, exploring the ways climate change affects your health. This reporting initiative is made possible thanks to support from the Wellcome Trust. As ... Read More

Three ways climate change affects mental health—and why the story is more hopeful than it might seem

As headlines about heat waves, floods and wildfires become more frequent, many people report a growing sense of worry about what climate change means for their future. Some recent media reports have ... Read More

Climate change is messing with global wind speeds, impacting planetary health

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Climate change is affecting global wind patterns in multiple ways, many of which have direct implications for human health. Worsening sand and dust ... Read More

Here’s how climate change affects your health

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Heat, air quality, insurance costs: how climate change is affecting our homes – and our health

ARC DECRA and Senior Research Fellow, NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Healthy Housing, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne Events such as these signal ... Read More

Climate and health strategies must address the biodiversity crisis

Vora is a practicing physician, senior adviser for One Health at Conservation International, and executive director of the Preventing Pandemics at the Source Coalition. Walzer is a wildlife ... Read More

The aerosol dilemma: How fighting pollution affects climate change

The World Meteorological Organization’s fifth annual Air Quality and Climate Bulletin, issued in September, called attention to the effects of air pollution on climate change and human and ecosystem ... Read More

Three ways climate change affects mental health – and why the story is more hopeful than it might seem

Fabian Lenhard receives funding from Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. As headlines about heatwaves, floods and wildfires become more frequent, many people report a growing sense of worry ... Read More