Students in Vertical Schools Crave Green Spaces
New high-rise schools need green spaces for students to grow: Secondary students at some of Brisbane and Melbourne’s new inner-city "vertical schools" are craving outdoor...
Environment
The Environment category explores how natural and built environments influence health and wellbeing. It covers topics such as climate change, pollution, green spaces and sustainability, highlighting evidence-informed connections between planetary and human health.
Children’s Exposome Linked to Serum Metabolite Changes
Children's exposome associated with changes in serum metabolites: The analysis of serum metabolites, known as metabolomics, provides insights into the biochemical activity and state of...
Exposure to greenspace may lower risk of certain cancers
Exposure to greenspace may lower risk of certain cancers: A University of Queensland-led study has found a link between exposure to gardens and a lower...
Climate: More people died from hot or cold weather conditions than COVID in parts of UK
Research has highlighted how weather extremes worsened by climate change are now a major national public health threat. The study, led by the University of Bristol...
Gen Z’s climate anxiety is real
Gen Z’s climate anxiety is real and needs action — for everyone’s wellbeing: New Curtin University research has shown Australian young people have major concerns...
Air Pollution and Cardiometabolic Health: Diet’s Mitigating Role
Air pollutants affect cardiometabolic health even at low levels, but diet may mitigate the outcomes. Exposure to air pollutants, even at very low concentrations, was...
Climate Change’s Impact on Babies’ Birthweight
Climate Change's Impact on Babies' Birthweight for gestational age: Climate change could pose a big risk to Australians’ reproductive health with a new, large-scale Curtin...
WHO’s annual malaria report spotlights the growing threat of climate change
WHO’s annual malaria report spotlights the growing threat of climate change: Despite strides in expanding access to insecticide-treated nets and medicines to help prevent malaria...
Ultrafine particles from traffic disturb human olfactory cell function
Exposure to ultrafine particles from traffic alters the expression of many genes in human olfactory mucosa cells, a new study shows. The study, led by...
WHO: Climate change is an urgent threat to pregnant women and children
Climate change is an urgent threat to pregnant women and children: Pregnant women, babies and children face extreme health risks from climate catastrophes that warrant...
