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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 30-Dec-2025 09:11 ET (30-Dec-2025 14:11 GMT/UTC)

US faces rising death toll from wildfire smoke, study finds

Stanford University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Wildfire smoke increasingly threatens lives across the country. A new study shows smoke exposure in the coming decades will cause tens of thousands of excess deaths and predicts where exposure will occur so communities and policymakers can prepare for the health burden.

Journal: Nature
Funder: W. M. Keck Foundation, Stanford’s Center for Innovation in Global Health, Stony Brook University, Harvard University Center for the Environment, Stanford Research Computing Center

PolyU scholars pioneer smart and sustainable personal cooling technologies to address global extreme heat

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Global warming poses a growing threat to human health and work performance. Currently, about 3.6 billion people worldwide live in areas highly susceptible to climate change. From 2000 to 2019, more than 480,000 heat-related deaths occurred globally each year. Extreme heat also impairs focus and productivity and worsens mood by elevating stress hormones and disrupting sleep. In response to the increasing frequency of heat waves, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) scholars are developing next-generation personal cooling solutions that push the limits of conventional clothing and promote sustainability.

Journal: Science

The economic cost of climate change for Europe’s Forests — Need for strategic adjustments

Technical University of Munich (TUM)
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Wildfires, storms, and bark beetle are putting increasing pressure on Europe’s forests. Beyond their ecological toll, these events also carry major economic consequences. Researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have now quantified the potential financial losses climate change could cause for European forestry. Their findings reveal significant regional differences: while Northern Europe may even benefit, Central and Southern Europe will need to adapt quickly.

Journal: Nature Climate Change

New NUS-MOH study: Singapore’s healthcare sector carbon emissions 18% lower than expected, a milestone in the city-state’s net zero journey

National University of Singapore, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine
Reports and Proceedings

In a milestone for Southeast Asia’s healthcare sector, Singapore’s Ministry of Health (MOH), MOH Holdings Pte Ltd (MOHH), and the Centre for Sustainable Medicine (CoSM) at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS Medicine) have released its first-ever comprehensive national emissions report for Singapore’s healthcare sector, and the first comprehensive study across Asia.

The NUS-MOH study demonstrates that Singapore’s healthcare system is 18%[1] more sustainable than previously estimated, with the country delivering world-class healthcare at 20% lower carbon intensity than other advanced economies.

[1] 18% lower than the most recent estimate of Singapore's healthcare emissions on a 3-year rolling average basis (Romanello et al. (2024). The 2024 Report of the Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change: Facing Record-Breaking Threats From Delayed Action. The Lancet, 404(10465), 1847-1896. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(24)01822-1)

UMass Amherst researcher receives $1.12 million NSF grant to study impacts of water governance on children’s health in five countries

University of Massachusetts Amherst
Grant and Award Announcement

A University of Massachusetts Amherst public health researcher has been awarded a three-year, $1.12 million grant from the National Science Foundation to lead a multinational examination of therelationship between water governance systems and the health of young children, amid a backdrop of global climate change.

Funder: U.S. National Science Foundation

Indian adolescents are mostly starting their periods at an earlier age than 25 years ago

PLOS
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Indian adolescents are mostly starting their periods at an earlier age than 25 years ago - likely because of demographic factors such as improved education, and possibly even climate change.

Journal: PLOS Global Public Health

Study recommends integrated risk assessment for zoonotic and vector-borne diseases

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A summary of published studies on the risk of emerging diseases shows that only 7.4% simultaneously consider hazard, exposure, and vulnerability to infection. These three components are essential for reliably and accurately assessing the risk of these diseases in the context of environmental change.

Journal: One Earth
Funder: Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo

‘A canary in the coal mine’: Even fish adapted to dry climates are struggling amid rising temps, droughts

University at Buffalo
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A research team has analyzed four decades of data from nearly 1,500 streams across dry regions of the United States and Australia, and found that the number of fish species there has declined amid rising temperatures and reduced precipitation and streamflow.

Journal: Ecology and Evolution

Coral reefs set to stop growing as climate warms

University of Exeter
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Most coral reefs will soon stop growing and may begin to erode – and almost all will do so if global warming hits 2°C, according to a new study in the western Atlantic.

Journal: Nature

Reindeer grazing can mitigate the impacts of winter climate change on forest carbon release

University of Oulu, Finland
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Winter climate change is affecting the carbon exchange of northern coniferous forests, but the response depends upon reindeer grazing, according to a new study from the University of Oulu, Finland. The study compared areas with ongoing reindeer grazing to areas where grazing has been excluded for 25 years at Oulanka and as long as 55 years at Kevo.

Journal: Science of The Total Environment

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