Climate change and cardiovascular disease: implications for global health

H Khraishah, B Alahmad, RL Ostergard Jr… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Climate change is the greatest existential challenge to planetary and human health and is
dictated by a shift in the Earth's weather and air conditions owing to anthropogenic activity …

Exploring the multiple land degradation pathways across the planet

R Prăvălie - Earth-Science Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
Land degradation has become one of the biggest environmental challenges human society
is currently facing, which is why understanding the global pattern of this land crisis is …

[КНИГА][B] WHO global air quality guidelines: particulate matter (PM2. 5 and PM10), ozone, nitrogen dioxide, sulfur dioxide and carbon monoxide

World Health Organization - 2021 - books.google.com
The main objective of these updated global guidelines is to offer health-based air quality
guideline levels, expressed as long-term or short-term concentrations for six key air …

Connections between air pollution, climate change, and cardiovascular health

B Alahmad, H Khraishah, K Althalji, W Borchert… - Canadian Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Globally, more people die from cardiovascular disease than any other cause. Climate
change, through amplified environmental exposures, will promote and contribute to many …

Characteristics of the severe March 2021 Gobi Desert dust storm and its impact on air pollution in China

M Filonchyk - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
A dust storm that formed in the north of China and the southeastern part of Mongolia in
March 2021 significantly deteriorated air quality over a large area of East Asia. According to …

Desertification

A Mirzabaev, J Wu, J Evans, F García-Oliva… - 2019 - philpapers.org
Abstract IPCC SPECIAL REPORT ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND LAND (SRCCL) Chapter 3:
Climate Change and Land: An IPCC special report on climate change, desertification, land …

Shrinking water bodies as hotspots of sand and dust storms: The role of land degradation and sustainable soil and water management

C Zucca, N Middleton, U Kang, H Liniger - Catena, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Sand and Dust Storms (SDS) are a natural phenomenon with important impacts on
ecosystems and human society. SDS hotspots are mostly located in drylands, however their …

Health and safety effects of airborne soil dust in the Americas and beyond

DQ Tong, TE Gill, WA Sprigg, RS Van Pelt… - Reviews of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Risks associated with dust hazards are often underappreciated, a gap between the
knowledge pool and public awareness that can be costly for impacted communities. This …

[HTML][HTML] On the Middle East's severe dust storms in spring 2022: Triggers and impacts

D Francis, R Fonseca, N Nelli, D Bozkurt… - Atmospheric …, 2023 - Elsevier
Large amounts of dust in the air can disrupt daily activities and pose a threat to human
health. In May 2022, consecutive major dust storms occurred over the Middle East resulting …

[PDF][PDF] Risk management and decision-making in relation to sustainable development

M Hurlbert, J Krishnaswamy, E Davin, FX Johnson… - 2019 - researcharchive.lincoln.ac.nz
Increases in global mean surface temperature are projected to result in continued
permafrost degradation and coastal degradation (high confidence), increased wildfire …