Climate impacts on health and urban areas: Heatwaves and death rate
Over the last half-century, the probability of heat extreme events has changed by orders of...
Water and gender equality | EurekAlert! Science News
Water isn't just crucial for life, it's fundamental to increasing opportunities for women and girls...
Assessment of air contamination by SARS-CoV-2 in hospital settings
What The Study Did: In this systematic review of current evidence on air contamination with SARS-CoV-2...
Silica the best environmental alternative to plastic microbeads, finds study
Following bans on plastic microbeads in wash-off cosmetics, a new study weighs up the environmental...
Access to nature important for mental health during Covid lockdowns
People in European countries with the strictest COVID-19 lockdown policies were more likely to show...
Flavors added to vaping devices can damage the heart
IMAGE: Sami Noujaim, PhD, associate professor of molecular pharmacology and physiology at the University of South...
Mailman School experts contribute to new Lancet report on health and climate change
December 4, 2020 -- Unless we take urgent action to tackle climate change, we can...
Biological diversity evokes happiness | EurekAlert! Science News
IMAGE: Also the blue tit (Parus caeruleus) contributes to this: According to the study, ten percent...
Mine ponds amplify mercury risks in Peru’s Amazon
IMAGE: Thousands of artificial ponds like this one, created when rainwater filled in an abandoned gold...
A cold-health watch and warning system for cold waves in Quebec
IMAGE: INRS Professor Fateh Chebana specializes in Hydrogeological modelling. His team also developed a heat health...