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Climate Change Reshaped Earth With Extreme Weather This Year

By Seth Borenstein 10/30/21

Fires raged. Rivers flooded. Ice melted. Droughts baked. Storms brewed. Temperatures soared. And people died.

Healio

PCPs face mounting responsibility to address health effects of climate change

By Maria Marabito 10/29/21

Human influence has had an unequivocal impact on Earth’s climate, causing significant changes that threaten people’s security and physical and mental health, according to a landmark report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

Ct Mirror

CT experts say climate change is the greatest threat to public health

By Nicole Leonard 10/25/21

It was 10 years ago, but when Lori Mathieu thinks about extreme weather events, she remembers Hurricane Irene.

The Harvard Gazette

Viewing climate change as a human health problem

By Alvin Powell 10/21/21

The medical journal The Lancet released its annual “Report of the Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change” and a companion brief focused on conditions in the United States. The brief urges action to curb…

NPR

Climate change is bad for your health. And plans to boost economies may make it worse

By Nathan Rott 10/20/21

It may seem obvious: Heat kills. Wildfires burn. Flooding drowns. But the sprawling health effects of a rapidly warming world can also be subtle. Heat sparks violence and disrupts sleep. Wildfire smoke can trigger respiratory…

usnews.com

Climate Change is World’s Most Pressing Health Problem: WHO

By Robert Preidt and Robin Foster 10/12/21

Climate change is the "single biggest health threat facing humanity," and governments must "act with urgency" to tackle the crisis, a World Health Organization (WHO) special report warns.

CNN

What no one is talking about in the wake of hurricanes and oil spills

By Brandon Tensley 10/07/21

Often, the damage that extreme weather or an environmental disaster inflicts on communities works as a one-two punch. The first punch: the actual event -- an oil spill, a hurricane, a winter storm, the lethal…

The Climate Reality Project

A Dose of Reality: How Climate Change Affects Our Kids, Straight from a Pediatrician

By Dr. Susan E. Pacheco 04/08/19

Dr. Susan Pacheco is a pediatrician and Climate Reality Leader – and she’s made it her life’s work to raise awareness about the impact climate change has on public health, especially the health of children.

KEY RESOURCES

Coming Storms: Climate Change And The Rising Threat To America’s Coastal Seniors

03/21/21

A new Climate Central sea-level-rise analysis identifies the assisted living and nursing homes at risk in five states. Experts say waiting to evacuate during storms is not the answer.