Seattle’s nights are hotter than ever. Climate change means more to come

The Seattle Times

In the Puget Sound region, average monthly lows are rising in all summer months, with August continuing to see the highest lows. And, while minimum temperatures are up year-round, the summer months — July to September — have seen the sharpest increases.

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

A Department of Global Health Year in Review, 2022–2023

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.

In America's prisons, suicide risk rises along with temperatures

Health Day

Punishing heat is a fact of life inside America’s prisons without air conditioning, and it is taking a serious toll on prisoners’ mental health. When the outside thermometer hits 90 degrees Fahrenheit or more, a new study shows that prison suicide risk jumps 36%, in comparison to when temperatures are in the 60s.

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

Mishmash of how US heat deaths are counted complicates efforts to keep people safe as Earth warms

AP News

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.

Improving weather forecasts by one degree could slash heat wave deaths

Washington Post

When temperatures are extreme, the accuracy of a weather forecast can be the difference between life and death. New research shows that even small errors in temperature predictions — as little as one degree Celsius — lead to more deaths, and that improving forecasts would save thousands of lives and billions of dollars annually.

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

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