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Climate Change and Human Health Literature Portal Health effects of climate destabilization: Understanding the problem

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Krawisz B
2020
WMJ. 119 (2): 132-138

Climate change is a public health emergency. Evidence that a mass extinction is underway, that global ecosystem productivity is deteriorating, and that the biosphere is damaged by human actions continues to accumulate. This review aims to provide a summary of the health consequences of climate destabilization, which include heat-related illness and death, wildfires with air pollution, floods, droughts, water scarcity, increased frequency of intense storms, reduction in agricultural and seafood harvests, spread of infectious diseases, and higher rates of mental illness.

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    General Exposure
    General Geographic Feature
    Global or Unspecified Location
    General Health Impact, Morbidity/Mortality
    Review Article
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