Heat vulnerability indexSystematic reviewAustraliaClimate change has been recognized as a driver of increased heatwave events in the Asia Pacific region, including Australia. This review systematically retrieved and summarized published evidence on heat-related health impacts in Australia, focusing on heat-...
Theeffects of extreme heat on physical healthhave been well-documented with people at risk of heat-related illnesses including heat exhaustion and heat stroke. Experts, however, tell ABC News that heat can also have a serious impact on mental health. MORE: ...
As global temperatures continue to climb, a growing number of people living in disadvantaged communities will be impacted by health-threatening heatwaves, areportreleased Wednesday by the ICF Climate Center, an environmental research firm, found. As many as 54 million peopl...
Some hospitals are already seeing a rise in heat-related illnesses. Here's what do know about how heat affects your body and health: Why is extreme heat so risky? Exposure to excessive heat can have wide-ranging impacts on anyone, from the direct effects of heat on the body to the ...
“Better tracking of heat-health impacts across the country can help us make smart investments,” Hondula said. More frequent inspections and safety checks at work sites — especially in agriculture and construction — will save lives, he said, adding that a proposed workplace heat stan...
“This is a health equity issue and without steps to mitigate its impacts, extreme heat may widen the pre-existing cardiovascular health disparities that already exist between communities in the United States,” said Khatana. Additionally, people with underlying conditions such as diabetes and heart ...
The length of the study relates to how long the studies investigate health impacts, i.e., how many days or years of data were used for the study. Concerning the temporal resolution of the data, 15 (15%) of the studies project the future effects of heat on human health (Lorena et ...
The Impacts of Climate Change on Human Health in the United States: A Scientific Assessment. US Global Change Research Program; 2016:43-68. 13. Sinha P, Coville RC, Hirabayashi S, Lim B, Endreny TA, Nowak DJ. Variation in estimates of heat-related mortality reductio...
Beyond health, extreme heat impacts the physiological and technical performance of foot- ball players and match outcomes in mixed ways, including a reduction in total running distance and high intensity out- puts in conditions of high vs. low environmental stress (e.g. Mohr et al. 2012; ...
The Coldest Year of the Rest of their Lives: Protecting children from the escalating impacts of heatwaves UNICEF (October 2022) Google Scholar [5] Council on Environmental Health JA Paulson, S Ahdoot, CR Baum, A Bole, HL Brumberg, CC Campbell, BP Lanphear, JA Lowry, SE Pacheco, AJ Spanie...