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Climate change, water availability, and the burden of rural women’s triple role in Muyuka, Cameroon

Published:June 2023

Author(s):Lotsmart Fonjang, Regina Zama

Publisher:Global Environmental Change

This review article draws from ecofeminist writings, interview-style surveys of women in Cameroon, and water availability data to describe how traditional gender roles amplify the vulnerability of women to climate change impacts in Muyuka, Cameroon.Read More →

Compound climate-pollution extremes in Santiago de Chile

Published:April 2023

Author(s):Sarah Feron, Raúl R. Cordero, Alessandro Damiani, Pedro Oyola, Tabish Ansari, Juan C. Pedemonte, Chenghao Wang, Zutao Ouyang, Valentina Gallo

Publisher:Nature Scientific Reports

This peer-reviewed study combines existing datasets of social indicators and climate-sensitive health risks with weather and air quality to study the response of different socioeconomic strata in Santiago to compound heat-ozone extremes. Read More →

Synthesis Report of the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report

Published:March 2023

Author(s):Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

Publisher:Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

This Synthesis Report summarizes the state of knowledge of climate change, its widespread impacts and risks, and climate change mitigation and adaptation, based on the peer-reviewed scientific, technical and socio-economic literature since 2014.Read More →

Climate-driven changes of global marine mercury cycles in 2100

Published:January 2023

Author(s):Yujuan Wang, Peipei Wu, Yanxu Zhang

Publisher:Proceedings of the National Academy of the Sciences

This peer reviewed study uses a global ocean model to project potentially harmful climate-driven changes to the global marine mercury cycle in 2100.Read More →

Effect of climate on surgical site infections and anticipated increases in the United States

Published:November 2022

Author(s):Raymond J. Liou, Michelle J. Earley, Joseph D. Forrester

Publisher:Nature Scientific Reports

Climate-driven increases in precipitation and humidity increase the risk of surgical site infections. This study finds that the Southeast United States will suffer an estimated 3% increase in SSI by 2060 under high emissions assumptions.Read More →

Extreme temperature increases the risk of stillbirth in the third trimester of pregnancy

Published:November 2022

Author(s):Hsiao-Yu Yang, Jason Kai Wei Lee & Chia-Pin Chio

Publisher:Nature Scientific Reports

This study examines the effect of extreme temperatures on stillbirth in Taiwan. As Taiwan faces a 2- to 5-fold increase in annual days over 30 °C by 2060, heat-related mortality is predicted to increase drastically.Read More →

LEGAL RESOURCE – Expert Reports of Lise Van Sustern, M.D. – Held v. State of Montana

Published:September 2022

Author(s):Lise Van Sustern

Publisher:Legal Document - Held v. State of Montana

In this expert report, filed by plaintiffs in the case "Held v. State of Montana," Dr. Van Sustern assesses the impact of climate change on the mental health of children in Montana, including the youth plaintiffs.Read More →

LEGAL RESOURCE – Expert Reports of Lori G. Byron, MD, MS & Robert G. Byron, MD, MPH – Held v. State of Montana

Published:September 2022

Author(s):Lori G. Byron, Robert G. Byron

Publisher:Legal Document - Held v. State of Montana

In this report, filed by plaintiffs in the case "Held v. State of Montana," the authors assess the impact of climate change on public health in Montana, with a particular focus on impacts to children and the youth plaintiffs.Read More →

Climate change is increasing the risk of a California megaflood

Published:August 2022

Author(s):Xingying Huang and Daniel Swain

Publisher:Science Advances

This peer-reviewed study uses climate modeling to find that climate change has already doubled the likelihood of an event capable of producing catastrophic flooding in California. Read More →

Over half of known human pathogenic diseases can be aggravated by climate change

Published:August 2022

Author(s):Camilo Mora, Tristan McKenzie, Isabella M. Gaw, Jacqueline M. Dean, Hannah von Hammerstein, Tabatha A. Knudson, Renee O. Setter, Charlotte Z. Smith, Kira M. Webster, Jonathan A. Patz & Erik C. Franklin

Publisher:Nature Climate Change

This study is a systematic search for empirical examples about the impacts of ten climatic hazards sensitive to greenhouse gas emissions on each known human pathogenic disease.Read More →

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