Climate Change and Human Health: Risks and ResponsesAnthony J. McMichael World Health Organization, 2003 - 322 pages Over the ages, human societies have altered local ecosystems and modified regional climates. Today, the human influence has attained a global scale. This reflects the recent rapid increase in population size, energy consumption, intensity of land use, international trade and travel, and other human activities. These global changes have heightened awareness that the long-term good health of populations depends on the continued stability and functioning of the biosphere's ecological, physical, and socioeconomic systems. The world's climate system is an integral part of the complex of life-supporting processes. Climate and weather have always had a powerful impact on human health and well-being. But like other large natural systems, the global climate system is coming under pressure from human activities. Global climate change is, therefore, a newer challenge to ongoing efforts to protect human health. This volume seeks to describe the context and process of global climate change, its actual or likely impacts on health, and how human societies and their governments should respond, with particular focus on the health sector. |
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... relative to same - latitude Newfoundland , currently enjoys 5-7 ° C of free heating from this heat - source . If weakening of the Gulf Stream does occur over the coming century or two , Europe may actually become a little colder even as ...
... relative to same - latitude Newfoundland , currently enjoys 5-7 ° C of free heating from this heat - source . If weakening of the Gulf Stream does occur over the coming century or two , Europe may actually become a little colder even as ...
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... relative lack of veg- etation to promote evaporative cooling ( 6 ) . Water vapour is the major greenhouse gas , contributing a positive forcing ten times greater than that of the other gases . Clouds ( condensed water ) produce both ...
... relative lack of veg- etation to promote evaporative cooling ( 6 ) . Water vapour is the major greenhouse gas , contributing a positive forcing ten times greater than that of the other gases . Clouds ( condensed water ) produce both ...
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... relative to 1961 to 1990. Source : produced from data from reference 21 . 0.8 Departures in temperatures ( ° C ) from the 1961-1990 average 0.6 0.4 50 0.2 -0.2- -0.4 mean global temperature 10 year running average -0.6- 1860 1880 1900 ...
... relative to 1961 to 1990. Source : produced from data from reference 21 . 0.8 Departures in temperatures ( ° C ) from the 1961-1990 average 0.6 0.4 50 0.2 -0.2- -0.4 mean global temperature 10 year running average -0.6- 1860 1880 1900 ...
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... relative to the 1880 to 1920 mean from the instrumental record , compared with ensembles of four simulations with a coupled ocean - atmosphere climate model . The line shows the instrumental data while the shaded area shows the range of ...
... relative to the 1880 to 1920 mean from the instrumental record , compared with ensembles of four simulations with a coupled ocean - atmosphere climate model . The line shows the instrumental data while the shaded area shows the range of ...
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... relative paucity of evidence of early health impacts ? Our species is not immune to changes in climate - there are plenty of studies reporting acute effects of extreme weather such as heatwaves , floods and storms , and short - term ...
... relative paucity of evidence of early health impacts ? Our species is not immune to changes in climate - there are plenty of studies reporting acute effects of extreme weather such as heatwaves , floods and storms , and short - term ...
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