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View article: Wildfire smoke and dengue burden in Brazil: Evidence from a nationwide study
Wildfire smoke and dengue burden in Brazil: Evidence from a nationwide study Open
View article: Cause specific mortality risks associated with tropical cyclones in multiple countries and territories: two stage, time series study
Cause specific mortality risks associated with tropical cyclones in multiple countries and territories: two stage, time series study Open
Objective To characterise and quantify the mortality risks for a range of causes after tropical cyclones in nine countries and territories. Design Two stage, time series study. Setting Nine countries or territories (Australia, Brazil, Cana…
View article: Greenness and hospital admissions for cause specific mental disorders: multicountry time series study
Greenness and hospital admissions for cause specific mental disorders: multicountry time series study Open
Objectives To examine the association between exposure to greenness and hospital admissions for mental disorders, and to estimate greenness related hospital admissions under various greenness intervention scenarios. Design Multicountry tim…
View article: Impact of global short-term landscape fire sourced PM2.5 exposure on child cause-specific morbidity: a study in multiple countries and territories
Impact of global short-term landscape fire sourced PM2.5 exposure on child cause-specific morbidity: a study in multiple countries and territories Open
Children are particularly vulnerable to landscape fire sourced fine particulate matter (LFS PM 2.5 ), yet evidence on its health effects remains limited. Here we show that short-term exposure to LFS PM 2.5 is associated with increased hosp…
View article: Unequal socioeconomic exposure to drought extremes induced by stratospheric aerosol injection
Unequal socioeconomic exposure to drought extremes induced by stratospheric aerosol injection Open
As global temperature rises, the severity and frequency of droughts are projected to increase. Stratospheric aerosol injection (SAI) has been proposed as a potential solution to reduce surface temperatures, but its effectiveness in allevia…
View article: Climate-related disasters and biological aging based on DNA methylation: a twin and family study in Australian women
Climate-related disasters and biological aging based on DNA methylation: a twin and family study in Australian women Open
Background Weather-related disasters are devastating and may exhibit greater intensity globally under a changing climate, leaving survivors with greater and sustained health risks. However, the potential epigenetic mechanisms underlying th…
View article: Global excess deaths associated with heatwaves in 2023 and the contribution of human-induced climate change
Global excess deaths associated with heatwaves in 2023 and the contribution of human-induced climate change Open
View article: Mapping landscape fire-sourced air pollution-related mortality across 2288 local communities in Australia: a nationwide health impact assessment
Mapping landscape fire-sourced air pollution-related mortality across 2288 local communities in Australia: a nationwide health impact assessment Open
The Australian Research Council, Australian National Health and Medical Research Council, and VicHealth.
View article: Mapping heatwave-related mortality across 2288 local communities in Australia: a nationwide time-series analysis
Mapping heatwave-related mortality across 2288 local communities in Australia: a nationwide time-series analysis Open
View article: Genome-wide analysis highlights causal epigenetic link to age at menarche
Genome-wide analysis highlights causal epigenetic link to age at menarche Open
Age at menarche, a key milestone in female reproductive development, has declined globally and is associated with cancer and other health outcomes. We investigated epigenetic mechanisms underlying pubertal timing by analysing genome-wide D…
View article: Global high-resolution fire-sourced PM <sub>2.5</sub> concentrations for 2000–2023
Global high-resolution fire-sourced PM <sub>2.5</sub> concentrations for 2000–2023 Open
Fires are a significant disturbance in Earth's systems. Smoke aerosols emitted from fires can cause environmental degradation and climatic perturbations, leading to exacerbated air pollution and posing hazards to public health. However, re…
View article: Hospitalization risk and burden for cause-specific cardiovascular diseases following tropical cyclones: A multicountry study
Hospitalization risk and burden for cause-specific cardiovascular diseases following tropical cyclones: A multicountry study Open
The indirect health risks of tropical cyclones (TCs), the costliest climate extremes, remain unclear, with cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) being a major contributor. We applied two-stage time-series analysis to 6.54 million CVD hospitalizat…
View article: Power outages increase the risk of ambulance attendances associated with non-optimal temperatures
Power outages increase the risk of ambulance attendances associated with non-optimal temperatures Open
The incidence of power outages is increasing due to rising electricity demand and extreme weather events. However, there is limited and inconsistent evidence on the health risks of non-optimal temperatures following power outages. We colle…
View article: Lethal Heat and Humidity Events
Lethal Heat and Humidity Events Open
Climate change increasingly threatens global health as more frequent extreme heat events, combined with varying humidity levels, exacerbate both direct and indirect health risks, strain energy resources, and lead to economic loss. Vulnerab…
View article: Associations of serum elements and amino acids with autism spectrum disorder
Associations of serum elements and amino acids with autism spectrum disorder Open
Accumulating evidence suggests that serum elements and amino acids are associated with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). However, the conclusions are not exactly consistent. The objective of our study is to investigate the association of ser…
View article: Ambulance and hospital use after a coal mine fire: Analysis of linked data
Ambulance and hospital use after a coal mine fire: Analysis of linked data Open
Background The 2014 Hazelwood coal mine fire shrouded the town of Morwell in regional Victoria, Australia, in smoke for six weeks. Building on previous analyses, we explored linked survey and healthcare data to investigate longer-term effe…
View article: Microplastics, plastics, and their products exposures and cancer: a pooled analysis
Microplastics, plastics, and their products exposures and cancer: a pooled analysis Open
Objective: This meta-analysis aims to evaluate the impact of microplastic pollutant exposure on cancer risk by analyzing data from existing cohort and case-control studies. Methods: The researchers systematically searched PubMed, Embase, a…
View article: Short-term wildfire-related PM2.5 exposure and risk of influenza in Brazil: A nationwide study
Short-term wildfire-related PM2.5 exposure and risk of influenza in Brazil: A nationwide study Open
Wildfires are a significant source of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and while emerging evidence has linked wildfire smoke to various respiratory and cardiovascular diseases, its impact on influenza remains largely unexplored, …
View article: Unequal socioeconomic exposure to drought extremes induced by stratospheric aerosol geoengineering
Unequal socioeconomic exposure to drought extremes induced by stratospheric aerosol geoengineering Open
As global temperature rises, the severity and frequency of droughts are projected to increase. Stratospheric aerosol geoengineering (SAG) has been proposed as a potential solution to reduce surface temperatures, but its effectiveness in al…
View article: Supplementary material to "Unequal socioeconomic exposure to drought extremes induced by stratospheric aerosol geoengineering"
Supplementary material to "Unequal socioeconomic exposure to drought extremes induced by stratospheric aerosol geoengineering" Open
View article: Spatiotemporal variations and inequalities in global traffic-sourced PM2.5 exposure
Spatiotemporal variations and inequalities in global traffic-sourced PM2.5 exposure Open
Traffic emission is a major source of ambient fine particulate matter with aerodynamic diameter less than 2.5 µm (PM2.5) pollution. However, little is known about the global population exposure to traffic-sourced PM2.5
View article: Wildfire-Related Air Pollution and Infectious Diseases: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Wildfire-Related Air Pollution and Infectious Diseases: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Open
Amid the global rise in wildfire events, the health impacts of wildfire-related air pollution are increasingly scrutinized. While numerous reviews have examined the link between air pollution and infectious diseases, reviews specifically f…
View article: Respiratory risks from wildfire-specific PM2.5 across multiple countries and territories
Respiratory risks from wildfire-specific PM2.5 across multiple countries and territories Open
Under a warming climate, wildfires are becoming more frequent and severe. Multicountry studies evaluating associations between wildfire fine particulate matter (PM 2.5 ) and respiratory hospitalizations are lacking. Here we evaluate the sh…
View article: Hospitalization risks associated with floods in a multi-country study
Hospitalization risks associated with floods in a multi-country study Open
View article: Psychiatric Disorders Mediate the Association between Floods and Dementia: A Prospective Cohort Study in the UK Biobank
Psychiatric Disorders Mediate the Association between Floods and Dementia: A Prospective Cohort Study in the UK Biobank Open
Flooding has become more frequent and severe worldwide, leading to an increased burden of psychiatric disorders (e.g., depression and anxiety). Psychiatric disorders are associated with an increased risk of subsequent dementia. However, th…
View article: UK Biobank data demonstrate long-term exposure to floods is a risk factor for incident dementia
UK Biobank data demonstrate long-term exposure to floods is a risk factor for incident dementia Open
View article: Billions of people exposed to increasing heat but decreasing greenness from 2000 to 2022
Billions of people exposed to increasing heat but decreasing greenness from 2000 to 2022 Open
View article: Comprehensive Understanding Long-Term Heavy Metals Release Characteristics and Environmental Impacts of Ultra-Alkaline Fly Ash Based Roadbed Materials
Comprehensive Understanding Long-Term Heavy Metals Release Characteristics and Environmental Impacts of Ultra-Alkaline Fly Ash Based Roadbed Materials Open
View article: Attribution of multi-crop yield losses to anthropogenic climate change in Australian agroecosystems
Attribution of multi-crop yield losses to anthropogenic climate change in Australian agroecosystems Open
View article: Ambient temperature and deaths from homicide in Brazil from 2010-2019: a nationwide space-time–stratified case-crossover study
Ambient temperature and deaths from homicide in Brazil from 2010-2019: a nationwide space-time–stratified case-crossover study Open
Previous evidence suggests a positive association between temperature and homicide, but the association was less clear in Brazil where homicide is one of the leading causes of death. This study aimed to quantify the association between amb…