Climate labels on fast-food menus can help steer people in the U.S. away from ordering beef — the food with the worst impact on the climate — and toward meals that are better for the planet, according to new research.
Kristie Ebi, professor of global health and of environmental and occupational health sciences at the UW, is quoted.
Governments around the world are putting the health of “all people alive today and future generations” in growing peril as they pursue policies which lock in dependence on fossil fuels, a major report has warned.
Kristie Ebi, professor of global health and of environmental and occupational health sciences at the UW, is quoted.
New data from NASA reveals how warm ocean waters in the Gulf of Mexico fueled Hurricane Ian to become one of the most powerful storms to strike the United States in the past decade. Sea surface temperatures were especially warm off Florida’s southwest coast, allowing the storm to pick up energy just before crashing into the state north of Fort Myers.
Kristie Ebi, professor of global health and of environmental and occupational health sciences at the UW, is quoted.
Oregon is set to become the first state in the nation to cover climate change expenses for certain low-income patients under its Medicaid program, as the normally temperate Pacific Northwest region sees longer heat waves and more intense wildfires.
Kristie Ebi, professor of global health and of environmental and occupational health sciences at the UW, is quoted.
In a large proportion of the metropolitan areas along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the United States, at least half of the hospitals are at risk of flooding even from relatively weak hurricanes, a new study found.
Kristie Ebi, professor of global health and of environmental and occupational health sciences at the UW, is quoted.
As record-breaking heat scorches the West, some disaster experts say our warning system may not be enough. Many people aren’t getting alerted when heat can be deadly.
Kristie Ebi, professor of global health and of environmental and occupational health sciences at the UW, is interviewed.
Heat is the deadliest weather-related hazard in the U.S. Over the last 10 years, it’s killed an average of 135 people per year. That’s more than floods, hurricanes or tornadoes, according to the National Weather Service.
Kristie Ebi, professor of global health and of environmental and occupational health sciences at the UW, is interviewed on NPR’s 1A podcast.
The ill effects of heat kill more people in the U.S. than those of any other weather phenomenon, according to the National Weather Service. And globally the growing number of longer-lasting and hotter heat waves because of climate change has left people more vulnerable to record-shattering highs.
Kristie Ebi, Professor of Global Health and of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences at the UW, is quoted.
Climate hazards such as flooding, heat waves and drought have worsened more than half of the hundreds of known infectious diseases in people, including malaria, hantavirus, cholera and anthrax, a study says.
Kristie Ebi, Professor of Global Health and of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences at the UW, is quoted.
Among the potential solutions that have been proposed to lower the number of fatalities in heat waves is the naming and categorizing of extreme heat events.
Kristie Ebi, Professor of Global Health and of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences at the UW, is quoted.