Climate changes and their physiological effects on human health

ISBN-13: 9786206183624 / Angielski / Miękka / 188 str.

Amina Jasim Mohammed Fathi; Mohamed Abdel-Raheem

Opis

Earth's climate is now changing faster than at any point in the known history of the climate, primarily as a result of human activities. There is scientific consensus that unmitigated carbon emissions will lead to global warming of at least several degrees Celsius by 2100, resulting in high-impacts of local, regional and global risks to human society and natural ecosystems. Global climate change has already resulted in a wide range of impacts across every region of the earth as well as many economic sectors.Impacts related to climate change are evident across regions and in many sectors important to society, such as human health, agriculture and food security, water supply, transportation, energy, and biodiversity and ecosystems; impacts are expected to become increasingly disruptive in the coming decades. There is very high confidence that the frequency and intensity of extreme heat and heavy precipitation events are increasing in most continental regions of the world.

O autorze

Dr. Amina Jasim Mohammed Fathi, Department of Basic Nursing Sciences, College of Nursing, Ninevah University, Iraq and Prof. Dr. Mohamed Abdel-Raheem Ali Abdel-Raheem, Pests & Plant Protection Department, Agricultural and Biological Research Institute, National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt.