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| Intergovernmental
Panel on Climate Change, (IPCC) |
| 2001 |
Climate
Change 2001: Working Group II: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability,
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, (IPCC, 2001),
Chapter
9 - Human Health [HTML
version] |
Past
Lecture
Paul
Epstein |
| 2005 |
Climate
Change and Human Health (Harvard Medical School, Center
for Health and the Global Environment, February 8, 2005)
Changes in atmospheric chemistry are
altering Earth's heat budget (physics) and, via acceleration
of the hydrological cycle, are affecting biological and social
systems. Climate restricts the range of infectious disease while
weather affects the timing and intensity of outbreaks. This
lecture will provide a framework for understanding the social
and environmental factors affecting health, focusing on the
pathways by which climate and ecological change influence public
health. |
Past
Lecture
Paul
Epstein |
| 2006 |
"Climate
Change and Health," YouTube - Google Tech Talks, (30
October 2006)
Climate change has multiple direct and
indirect consequences for human health. Heat waves affect health
directly and are projected to take an increasing toll in developed
and underdeveloped nations. The 2003 summer heatwave in Europe
-- an event six standard deviations from the mean -- led to
21-35,000 excess deaths in five nations, extensive wildfires,
crop failures, nuclear plant shutdowns and melted 10% of the
Alpine glacial mass. This event and Hurricane Katrina in 2005
demonstrate that climate change and its impacts may be surprisingly
non-linear. Credits: Speaker:Paul Epstein |
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