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...
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.
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...
Interconnected challenges of climate change & nutrition
Launched on 25th Otober, two reports outlining both the pathways through which nutrition and climate are connected and the current state of action on addressing...
River sampling study shows impact of COVID-19 pandemic on London’s waterways
The most detailed study of a city’s waterways anywhere in the world has revealed how chemical pollutants in London’s rivers changed over the pandemic. In...
Extreme heat likely to wipe out humans and mammals
A new study shows unprecedented heat is likely to lead to the next mass extinction since the dinosaurs died out, eliminating nearly all mammals in...
Weighing up risk: home insurance in a changing climate
Weighing up risk: home insurance in a changing climate: A UNSW Sydney scientist explains some of the psychological processes that influence our decision making around...
Heat can cause rapid food insecurity in days
Heat can cause rapid food insecurity in days: Households hit by very hot weather can struggle to maintain food supplies in a matter of days...
Final round of community groups to receive free air quality sensors
The third and final round of London community groups which will receive free sensors to monitor and tackle local air pollution have been selected. As...
