… Cluster Human Health Human Health Source: Jürgen Fälchle / stock.adobe.com 2023 Monitoring … (WHO) describes climate change as the ‘single biggest health threat facing humanity’: In many countries in the global south, climate change exacerbates the … true for the pathogens themselves, thus increasing the infection risks arising for humans and animals. The Asian Tiger mosquito is one example of a vector that is able …

… (infection agents) which in many cases can be transmitted between animals and humans; owing to their increasing global mobility they are able to spread rapidly. …

… and other cardio-vascular conditions. When thermoregulation (the mechanism of the human body for maintaining a constant body temperature of approx. 37 °C) is restricted, this can bring about disorders in the human water and electrolyte balance which may result in life-threatening impairments …

… radiation is the energy-richest part of optical radiation and cannot be seen by the human eye. In healthy humans, UV radiation initiates the important vitamin D production by the body. At …

… Ozone burden In hot conditions, the resulting ozone level can be hazardous to human health. Source: Lightspruch / stock.adobe.com 2023 Monitoring Report on the … between meteorological factors and air-hygienic components and their impacts on human health. Interaction takes place between temperature, air humidity, air …

… changes can have both positive and negative consequences for plants, animals and humans. Phenological changes in plant life: The most visible and immediate response …

… The spreading of mosquito species which can transmit pathogens hazardous to humans is a relevant health risk. Apart from autochthonous cases of West Nile Fever, … of the genus Aedes, such as the Asian Tiger mosquito ( Aedes albopictus ). In adult humans infected, the zika virus often just produces influenza-like symptoms. …

… to climate change is indispensable in order to keep any negative impacts on human health in socially acceptable proportions; the same applies to impacts on the … actual interval extends over longer or shorter periods depends, above all, on the human and financial resources made available. Another challenge continues to be the …

… - Kjellstrom T., Briggs D., Freyberg C., Lemke B., Otto M., Hyatt O. 2016: Heat, Human Performance, and Occupational Health: A Key Issue for the Assessment of Global … 37: 97-112. doi: 10.1146/annurev-publhealth-032315-021740 . 173 - Parsons K. 2014: Human Thermal Environments: The Effects of Hot, Moderate, and Cold Environments on …

… conditions, some of more than a hundred vibrio species can cause infections in humans. As far as the Baltic Sea is concerned, these species include Vibrio …

… forests and woodlands can no longer perform important functions or services for humans (e.g. water and soil conservation, timber production, recreation, carbon …