Health News How Climate Change Will Affect Your Health

What if Climate Policy Started with Health—and Grew the Economy? | Opinion

As leaders gather for COP30, they must reject false narratives that pit climate and health action against economic growth. Read More

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

Extreme heat now kills one person every minute, according to a sweeping new report by the British medical journal The Lancet. Read More

15 Ways Climate Change Is Already Uprooting Your Everyday Life

These predictable patterns are becoming less reliable as climate change alters seasonal timelines. Winters are starting later, and springs are arriving earlier, throwing off the traditional calendar ... Read More

Novel climate biostress model and sentinel system seek to track global climate impacts

An interdisciplinary team of scientists at the Advanced Science Research Center at the CUNY Graduate Center (CUNY ASRC) has unveiled a conceptual model and integrative monitoring framework designed to ... Read More

Climate change affecting human health in a big way: Expert

Quoting a 2019 study published in the Environmental Health Perspectives, Dr. Tripathy said it indicated that heat waves increased the incidence of heart attacks and cardiac arrests, particularly among ... Read More

Solastalgia: Climate Change’s Hidden Mental Health Crisis?

The word solastalgia is a fusion of solace and the Greek suffix for pain, algia. According to some experts, it may also help explain the harmful effects of climate change on mental health. Coined in ... Read More

Climate change and conflict pose a serious health threat, warn experts

The combined impact of climate change and conflict "can produce synergistic effects, leading to more severe and complex outcomes," warn experts in The BMJ's climate issue. Read More

Climate change is harming people’s health worldwide, report finds

An international group of researchers has released its annual report on climate change and human health. Many of the risks they track, like extreme heat danger and the rise of infectious diseases, are ... 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

How climate change could be ruining your sleep

How climate change could be ruining your sleep - Sleep apnoea, which causes breathing problems at night, is thought to affect about 10 million people in the UK ... Read More

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

The Surprising Reason Your Bucket List Marathon Could Be Getting Harder To Run

Runners training or racing in hot temperatures should hydrate before they're thirsty, slow their pace, wear sweat-wicking gear, and be mindful of signs of heat stroke, like dizziness and vomiting, Dr. Read More