Author: O. Watts, Staff Writer | ☀ Abstract – Global climate change is increasingly recognized as a determinant of human health and a source of risk to healthcare systems. Its health consequences extend beyond the direct physiological effects of rising temperatures. Changes in extreme heat, precipitation, drought, wildfire conditions, hydrology, sea level, ecosystems, and the…
The Impact of Global Climate Change in Health Care
Author, M. Snyder, BSMIS; Co-author, Arshad-Snyder, Siti, Ed.D., CPHIMS | ☀ Abstract – The irrefutable evidence surrounding human-derived global climate change has been accumulating over many decades. In August of 2021, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released its 3,949 page report on climate change entitled; “Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis (AR6)-[**][∞].”…