The Intersection of Climate and Health
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Recording Date: July 27, 2022
Episode: #7 - The Intersection of Climate and Health
Host: Jeff Cunningham and Ryan Harris
Guest: Dr. Jesse Bell, the Claire M. Hubbard Professor of Health and Environment, UNMC Department of Environmental, Agricultural and Occupational Health, College of Public Health
Description: Ryan and Jeff sit down with Dr. Jesse Bell, a distinguished scientist who is leading national climate-informed human health research (everything from air and water quality, heat exposure, and vector-borne disease) to improve human health outcomes as climate changes accelerate.
Article and Book References
- Zoe becomes the world’s first named heatwave (Scientific American)
- President launches programs to help Americans deal with extreme heat and higher air conditioning bills (Yahoo News)
- Pacific Northwest sizzles, a precursor to nationwide heatwave next week (Washington Post)
- The impacts of climate change on human health in the U.S. (USGCRP; 2016)
- Exposure science in an age of rapidly changing climate (Journal of Exposure Science and Epidemiology)
- The book of beautiful questions (Warren Berger)
Website References
- New Heat.gov information and resources (NOAA)
- Air quality predictions (Breezometer)
- Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute (Univ. of Nebraska)
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