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The effects of climate change on human health are profound because they increase heat-related illnesses and deaths, respiratory diseases, and the spread of infectious diseases. There is widespread agreement among researchers, health professionals and organizations that climate change is the biggest global health threat of the 21st century.
Some climate change effects: wildfire caused by heat and dryness, bleached coral caused by ocean acidification and heating, environmental migration caused by desertification, and coastal flooding caused by storms and sea level rise. Effects of climate change are well documented and growing for Earth's natural environment and human societies. Changes to the climate system include an overall ...
Drought is a recurring feature of the climate in most parts of the world, becoming more extreme and less predictable due to climate change, which dendrochronological studies date back to 1900. There are three kinds of drought effects, environmental, economic and social.
The study examined 70 years of observational data to separate naturally occurring droughts from those intensified by human-caused climate change. ... "During the drought of 2020–2022, moisture ...
Continued dry weather, similar to that seen in the last few months, could see another drought declared.
As the world warms from human-caused climate change, fresh water for drinking, cooking and cleaning is becoming harder to get for many people. The United Nations estimates that around 2.2 billion ...
Increased aridity and drought periods are predicted to push bats out of their endemic areas and into populated areas. [89] This creates a knock-on effect of increasing their interactions with humans and hence the likelihood of zoonotic disease transfer. [89]
About 77% of the mainland U.S. is abnormally dry, and almost half of the country is experiencing drought, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor. The spatial pattern of the dry conditions varies ...