Background: Understanding which populations are vulnerable and which factors affect
vulnerability to temperature-mortality associations is important to reduce the health burden …

Climate change is recognized as a major contributor to the increase in heat-related deaths,
and the frequency of heatwave days is expected to continue rising in the future. Addressing …

Green areas in the city can greatly improve the outdoor thermal environment, as well as
mitigate the urban heat island effect by reducing summer air temperature. In a context of …

Understanding the effectiveness of air pollution control policies is important for future policy
making. China has implemented strict air pollution control policies since the 11th Five-Year …

While recent assessments have quantified the burden of air pollution at the national scale in
China, air quality managers would benefit from assessments that disaggregate health …

Adverse health outcomes caused by extreme heat represent the most direct human health
threat associated with the warming of the Earth's climate. Socioeconomic, demographic …

Background Although epidemiological studies have reported associations between mortality
and both ambient air pollution and air temperature, it remains uncertain whether the …

The increase in surface air temperature in China has been faster than the global rate, and
more high temperature spells are expected to occur in future. Here we assess the annual …

Climate change is causing the surface temperature to rise and the extreme weather events
to increase in frequency and intensity, which will pose potential threats to the survival and …

Climate-change-induced extreme weather events increase heat-related mortality and health
risks for urbanites, which may also affect urbanites' expressed happiness (EH) and well …