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WEBThe World Health Organization projects that heat exposure caused by increased temperatures will be the largest health impact of climate change. …

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COVID-19 Lockdown Effects on Climate Appear Limited and Short …

WEBDecreasing pollution is good news for human health, and it can have surprising implications for climate. Ozone is a greenhouse gas, so having less of it in the …

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Pubs.GISS: Shindell et al. 2018: Quantified, localized health benefits

WEBThis generally reduces co-emissions that cause ambient air pollution, resulting in near-term, localized health benefits. We therefore examine the human health …

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Pubs.GISS: Shindell et al. 2021: Temporal and spatial distribution of

WEBTotal monetized benefits are dominated by health and are much larger than in previous analyses due to improved understanding of the human health impacts of …

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Pubs.GISS: Shindell et al. 2016: Climate and health impacts of US

WEBPrevious studies have examined technological potentials and implementation costs and public health benefits have been quantified for less-aggressive potential …

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NASA GISS: Research Features: Feeling the Heat in the Extremes

WEBFeeling the Heat in the Extremes. By Adam Voiland, NASA Earth Observatory — Sep. 16, 2022. 2020. In summer 2022, record-breaking heat waves in California and elsewhere …

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Aerosols & Health: Environmental Linkages to Asthma

WEBThe prevalence of reported asthma cases more than doubled from 6.8 million cases in 1980 to 14.6 million cases in 1996. The mortality (death rate) of asthma is …

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Bell et al. 2016

WEBHealth impacts associated with climate-related changes in exposure to extreme events include death, injury, or illness; exacerbation of underlying medical …

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NASA GISS: NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies

WEBResearch at NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) emphasizes a broad study of global change, which is an interdisciplinary initiative addressing natural …

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Pubs.GISS: Ngo and Horton 2016: Climate change and fetal health: …

WEBWe then generate 33 downscaled climate model time series to project impacts on fetal health. We find exposure to an extra day where average temperature <25 °F …

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NASA GISS: Dr. Gavin A. Schmidt

WEB2880 Broadway, New York, NY 10025 USA. Tel: (212) 678 5627. Twitter: @ClimateOfGavin (note this is not an offical NASA account). Email: Gavin.A.Schmidt-at …

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Pubs.GISS: Anenberg et al. 2012: Global air quality and health co

WEBMore than 80% of the health benefits are estimated to occur in Asia. We estimated that BC mitigation mea- sures would achieve approximately 98% of the …

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NASA GISS: NASA GISS: 2021 News and Feature Articles

WEBImproving the Quantification of Food System Emissions. A new joint initiative by NASA/GISS and research partners has developed analyses of greenhouse gas …

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NASA GISS: Research Features: Climate Conditions Help Forecast

WEBDetermining the role of climate in the spread of certain diseases can assist health officials in "forecasting" epidemics. New research on meningitis incidence in sub …

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Pubs.GISS: Bell et al. 2007: Climate change, ambient ozone, and …

WEBThe cities' ozone levels are estimated to increase under predicted future climatic conditions, with the largest increases in cities with present-day high pollution. …

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NASA GISS: Air Pollution as a Climate Forcing

WEBEstimating the Public Health Impact. Two approaches for estimating the public health impact were described during the meeting. The first is efforts now underway under the …

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Pubs.GISS: Shindell et al. 2011: Climate, health, agricultural and

WEBNon-CO 2 air pollutants from motor vehicles have traditionally been controlled to protect air quality and health, but also affect climate. We use global …

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NASA GISS: Research Features: Choking on Saharan Dust

WEBBy combining the results of several simulations with information about the health effects of breathing fine particles, Bauer and colleagues concluded that air pollution in Africa likely …

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Sarofim et al. 2016

WEBPublication Abstracts Sarofim et al. 2016. Sarofim, M.C., S. Saha, M.D. Hawkins, D.M. Mills, J. Hess, R. Horton, P. Kinney, J. Schwartz, and A. St. Juliana, …

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Pubs.GISS: Liu et al. 2016: Health and climate impacts of ocean …

WEBHere, using an advanced method based on detailed dynamic ship activity data, we show that shipping emissions in East Asia accounted for 16% of global …

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