Climate change is no longer a distant environmental concern it’s a present day health crisis. Rising temperatures, extreme weather events, and shifting ecosystems are altering the conditions we live ...

With scientists warning that 2024 will likely beat 2023 as the hottest year on record, there is growing acknowledgment that climate change—and especially extreme heat—presents a top threat to global ...

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Suggested Citation: "1 Introduction." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2025. Effects of Human-Caused Greenhouse Gas Emissions on U.S ...

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The ninth edition of the report, published Tuesday, found that 13 out of 20 metrics used to track the health impacts of climate change have reached unprecedented levels, including heat wave deaths in ...

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Human-caused emissions of greenhouse gases and resulting climate change harm the health of people in the United States. Evidence since 2009 supports and strengthens EPA (2009a) conclusions and has ...