Anuradha Varanasi is a freelance science writer. She writes on the intersection of health/medicine, racial disparities, and climate change. She earned an MA in Science Journalism from Columbia University in New York City.
to grow on May 3, 2013 near Camarillo, California. The wildfire has spread to more than 18,000 acres on day two and is 20 percent contained. study, climate change impacts like extreme temperatures, hurricanes, and dust storm s are linked to a higher prevalence of cardiovascular disease and even increases in deaths caused by heart conditions.
Lead author Chia-Liang Lu Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, and colleagues screened 20,798 peer-reviewed studies that were published from 1970 to 2023.
Out of that 182 studies delved into the cardiovascular health impacts of extreme temperature, 210 studied the effects of ground-level ozone pollution, 45 focused on wildfires, and the other 63 looked into extreme weather events like hurricanes, dust storms, and droughts.The researchers observed that most studies proved that extreme temperatures, ground-level ozone, hurricanes, and dust storms were associated with adverse cardiovascular outcomes.
Climate Crisis Heat Waves Dust Storm Wildfire Cardiovascular Health Cardiovascular Disease
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