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

Climate change is disturbing wind patterns across the globe in dramatic ways. And when combined with land-use change and desertification, these changes are spawning immense sand and dust storms that ... Read More

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

Meanwhile, floods, storms and cyclones can cause structural and water damage to homes. This can expose occupants to toxins, for example from contaminated water, and increase the risk of allergic ... Read More

In Kenya, a search for links between a changing climate and mental health

Mercy Githara is the mental health and psychosocial manager at the Kenya Red Cross. In her experience, the mental fallout from droughts or floods is very real. “There is a lot of psychological ... Read More

Environmental awareness can improve health care

Patient outcomes will improve as awareness of environmental impacts on health grows, Sheetal Khedkar Rao, MD, assistant professor of clinical medicine, University of Illinois Chicago Department of ... Read More

Public health at risk: scientists urge stronger response to climate-driven dangers

Warmer winters, the rapid spread of ticks, heatwaves that pose a threat to the elderly and patients with chronic diseases, heavy rains that cause not only physical injuries but also psychological ... Read More

Here’s how climate change affects your health

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Doctors Step Up Against the Climate Health Emergency

Canadian emergency medicine resident Julia Sawatzky had an eye-opening experience early in her medical training that reshaped her understanding of the climate crisis’s health impact. During a shift in ... Read More

Giving cities a health boost to help mitigate climate change

Faced with the increasing impact of climate change, the world’s cities need to find effective ways to preserve the health of their citizens. Read More

Climate and Health

Climate change impacts more than the environment—it also impacts human health. This certificate, offered by the Department of Environmental Health Sciences within the School of Public Health, is ... Read More

Heat, air quality, insurance costs: How climate change is affecting our homes—and our health

This year, 10 days of extreme heat in Europe killed roughly 2,300 people, severe flooding on the New South Wales coast left more than 48,000 stranded, and wildfires in Los Angeles destroyed at least ... Read More