Impacts of climate change on health Flashcards
What are the 5 things that climate change leads to which impact human health?
- changing nutritional standards
- ozone depletion (skin cancer and cataracts)
- Vector-borne diseases
- thermal stress
- agricultural productivity
What are the main risks associated with heatwaves?
- heat-stroke
- heat exhaustion
- dehydration
How many excess deaths in Europe were due to the summer heatwave in August 2003?
70,000
What are less significant health risks associated with heatwaves?
- smog
- toxic algal blooms
- wildfires
- water shortages
What are the impacts of cold spells on health?
- freezing
- hypothermia
- loss of heating; body uses too much energy to maintain body temperature
- frostbite and chilblains
What vector transmits Malaria, Dengue and West Nile Virus?
Mosquitoes
What vector transmits Lyme disease?
Ticks
What vector transmits Zika virus?
Aedes Mosquito
What determine the prevalence of vector-borne disease?
- vector survival and reproduction
- vector biting rate
- pathogens incubation period
What determines vector survival?
- temperature
- precipitation
- altitude
- wind
- daylight
What is the maximum temperature Malaria carrying mosquitoes can survive at?
35-40C
How does climate change impact agriculture?
- longer growing seasons
- greater crop variety
- crops take longer to adapt
- droughts and floods
How much farmland could Russia gain by the 2080s?
64%
What are indirect impacts of climate change on agriculture?
- pests and diseases
- irrigation availability
- sea level rise
How are nutritional standards in HICs impacted?
- lower standard of foods as prices increase
- new medicines/pesticides could have adverse health impacts
- education and awareness lowers red meat consumption
- developed regions can adapt
