Excess carbon dioxide does increase growth in some crops, but it also decreases their nutritional value and has other negative impacts on the planet, such as increasing droughts and fires through climate change.

Kristie Ebi, professor of global health and of environmental and occupational health sciences at the UW, is quoted.

A study found that almost 94% of hurricane-related deaths were among people who lived in counties that ranked medium to high on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s social vulnerability index.

Kristie Ebi, professor of global health and of environmental and occupational health sciences at the UW, is quoted.

The Department of Global Health works to achieve sustainable, quality health worldwide through the focused mission of improving health for all through research, education, training, and service. Prerequisite to our success is our shared commitment to increasing diversity, equity, and inclusion within DGH and pursuing antiracist and anticolonial actions in all of our work.

Even when it seems obvious that extreme heat was a factor, death certificates don’t always reflect the role it played. Experts say a mishmash of ways more than 3,000 counties calculate heat deaths means we don’t really know how many people die in the U.S. each year because of high temperatures in an ever warming world.

Kristie Ebi, professor of global health and of environmental and occupational health sciences at the UW, is quoted.