Wildfires and Human Health JAMA JAMA Insights September 24, 2024 This JAMA Insights explores the adverse effects of wildfires on human health and health care systems and offers suggestions on how clinicians can help mitigate the health threats posed by wildfires. See More About Asthma Pulmonary Medic...
HALIFAX — After last summer's heat waves, deadly floods and record-breaking wildfires, some scientists are urging Canadian health professionals to help their patients better prepare for climate change-related extreme weather and natural disasters....
For instance, dry conditions paired with record high temperatures in Canada fostered the conditions for uncontrolled wildfires from the interior of British Columbia to Northern Ontario in the summer of 2021 (NRCan, 2021). Consequently, drought monitoring and early warning systems are necessary for ...
As flooding, wildfires and extreme temperatures occur with greater frequency, 82% of Canadian consumers (85% globally) are noticing climate-related disruptions in their day-to-day lives. And 80% (85% globally) worry about climate change to some degree. This represents an important opportunity to...
Following fire, Sphagnum mosses prevalent in resilient peatlands will help mitigate the lowering of the water table and reduction of soil moisture. The most vulnerable peatlands have been fragmented or disturbed and are more hydrologically isolated. Thus, their water tables are highly temporally ...
Lowering the rate of timber harvesting to mitigate impacts of climate change on boreal caribou habitat quality in eastern Canada. Sci. Total Environ. 2022, 838, 156244. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef] Nagy-Reis, M.; Dickie, M.; Calvert, A.M.; Hebblewhite, M.; Hervieux, D.; Seip, D....