Pakistan bears the brunt of global extreme heat illness and mortality

Washington Post

Pakistan is the epicenter of a new global wave of disease and death linked to climate change, according to a Washington Post analysis of climate data, leading scientific studies, interviews with experts and reporting from some of the places bearing the brunt of Earth’s heating.

Kristie Ebi, professor of global health and of environmental and occupational health sciences at the UW, is quoted.

Should doctors and nurses talk more about heat?

Popular Science

Heat is already the leading cause of death related to weather-related hazards in the U.S. Letting clinicians know when temperatures pose a particular threat to their patients could save lives.

Kristie Ebi, professor of global health and of environmental and occupational health sciences at the UW, is quoted.

The summer from hell was just a warning

Politico

Wildfires, hurricanes, floods, extreme heat and other climate disasters rocked the globe this summer as climate change worsens record-breaking extreme weather events.

Kristie Ebi, professor of global health and of environmental and occupational health sciences at the UW, is quoted.

Vivek Ramaswamy says ‘hoax’ agenda kills more people than climate change

Washington Post

Many have interpreted Vivek Ramaswamy’s comment that the “climate change agenda is a hoax” as a flat statement that climate change is a hoax. No matter how you slice it, credible research has concluded that thousands of people a year die because of the effects of climate change.

Kristie Ebi, professor of global health and of environmental and occupational health sciences at the UW, is quoted.

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