The need for clean air: the way air pollution and climate change affect allergic rhinitis and asthma

I Eguiluz‐Gracia, AG Mathioudakis, S Bartel… - Allergy, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Air pollution and climate change have a significant impact on human health and well‐being
and contribute to the onset and aggravation of allergic rhinitis and asthma among other …

The urban heat island: implications for health in a changing environment

C Heaviside, H Macintyre, S Vardoulakis - Current environmental health …, 2017 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review The Urban Heat Island (UHI) is a well-studied phenomenon,
whereby urban areas are generally warmer than surrounding suburban and rural areas. The …

[HTML][HTML] Rapid attribution analysis of the extraordinary heat wave on the Pacific coast of the US and Canada in June 2021

SY Philip, SF Kew, GJ Van Oldenborgh… - Earth System …, 2022 - esd.copernicus.org
Towards the end of June 2021, temperature records were broken by several degrees
Celsius in several cities in the Pacific Northwest areas of the US and Canada, leading to …

[HTML][HTML] Estimating the cause-specific relative risks of non-optimal temperature on daily mortality: a two-part modelling approach applied to the Global Burden of …

KG Burkart, M Brauer, AY Aravkin, WW Godwin, SI Hay… - The Lancet, 2021 - thelancet.com
Background Associations between high and low temperatures and increases in mortality
and morbidity have been previously reported, yet no comprehensive assessment of disease …

A protocol for probabilistic extreme event attribution analyses

S Philip, S Kew, GJ van Oldenborgh… - Advances in …, 2020 - ascmo.copernicus.org
Over the last few years, methods have been developed to answer questions on the effect of
global warming on recent extreme events. Many “event attribution” studies have now been …

Human contribution to the record-breaking June and July 2019 heatwaves in Western Europe

R Vautard, M van Aalst, O Boucher… - Environmental …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Two extreme heatwaves hit Western Europe in the summer of 2019, with historical records
broken by more than a degree in many locations, and significant societal impacts, including …

Quantifying excess deaths related to heatwaves under climate change scenarios: A multicountry time series modelling study

Y Guo, A Gasparrini, S Li, F Sera… - PLoS …, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Background Heatwaves are a critical public health problem. There will be an increase in the
frequency and severity of heatwaves under changing climate. However, evidence about the …

The broad footprint of climate change from genes to biomes to people

BR Scheffers, L De Meester, TCL Bridge, AA Hoffmann… - Science, 2016 - science.org
BACKGROUND Climate change impacts have now been documented across every
ecosystem on Earth, despite an average warming of only~ 1° C so far. Here, we describe the …

Toward impact-based monitoring of drought and its cascading hazards

A AghaKouchak, LS Huning, M Sadegh, Y Qin… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2023 - nature.com
Growth in satellite observations and modelling capabilities has transformed drought
monitoring, offering near-real-time information. However, current monitoring efforts focus on …

Impact of heatwave on mortality under different heatwave definitions: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Z Xu, G FitzGerald, Y Guo, B Jalaludin, S Tong - Environment international, 2016 - Elsevier
Heatwave effects on human health and wellbeing is a great public health concern,
especially in the context of climate change. However, no universally consistent heatwave …