Review
Biology
Tayanah O'Donnell
Summary: This paper conducts a systematic literature review of managed and planned retreat, revealing a significant increase in scholarly research papers on the topic in the past 5 years. The findings highlight the emphasis on regional or local case studies exploring governance, policy, and institutional factors across various geographies. The prevalence of neoliberal tendencies in property rights and market interventions, such as compensation schemes, is also discussed, underscoring the importance of engaging with political economy scholarship in climate change adaptation.
PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
(2022)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
K. Tamura, T. Sato
Summary: This study used classification analysis of daily surface pressure patterns in Japan to detect climate change signals in East Asian winter weather. The results showed a significant increase in surface temperature since the 1980s, particularly when cold air advection from the Sea of Okhotsk dominated. This warming trend was influenced by the retreat of sea ice and highlights the importance of daily atmospheric conditions in regional climate change.
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
(2023)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Dana M. Bergstrom, Barbara C. Wienecke, John van den Hoff, Lesley Hughes, David B. Lindenmayer, Tracy D. Ainsworth, Christopher M. Baker, Lucie Bland, David M. J. S. Bowman, Shaun T. Brooks, Josep G. Canadell, Andrew J. Constable, Katherine A. Dafforn, Michael H. Depledge, Catherine R. Dickson, Norman C. Duke, Kate J. Helmstedt, Andres Holz, Craig R. Johnson, Melodie A. McGeoch, Jessica Melbourne-Thomas, Rachel Morgain, Emily Nicholson, Suzanne M. Prober, Ben Raymond, Euan G. Ritchie, Sharon A. Robinson, Katinka X. Ruthrof, Samantha A. Setterfield, Carla M. Sgro, Jonathan S. Stark, Toby Travers, Rowan Trebilco, Delphi F. L. Ward, Glenda M. Wardle, Kristen J. Williams, Phillip J. Zylstra, Justine D. Shaw
Summary: This study examines the current state and recent trajectories of ecosystem collapse globally, highlighting the pressures from global climate change and human impacts as key drivers. The manifestation of widespread ecosystem collapse serves as a stark warning of the necessity for action to alleviate further degradation. A three-step assessment and management framework is proposed to aid in strategic and effective mitigation to secure our future.
GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Igor Karnjus, Mirko Prosen, Sabina Licen
Summary: The study found that registered nurses in Slovenia consider core competencies in disaster nursing important for preparedness in disaster situations, but there are still potential barriers that need to be addressed. Future studies should focus on implementing these competencies in nursing education to improve disaster preparedness among nurses.
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Bertalan Mesko
Summary: This paper explores the potential of multimodal language models (M-LLMs) in the field of healthcare. Despite the revolutionary implications of generative AI, it cannot replace healthcare professionals. The human aspects of healthcare should be considered when deploying AI.
JOURNAL OF MEDICAL INTERNET RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
R. F. Stuart-Smith, G. H. Roe, S. Li, M. R. Allen
Summary: The retreat of Palcaraju glacier and expansion of Palcacocha lake are mainly attributed to human-induced global warming, which has significantly increased the glacial lake outburst flood hazard in Huaraz. Observations suggest that between 85-105% of the observed 1 degrees Celsius warming since 1880 in this region is due to anthropogenic factors, impacting the glacier retreat and flood risk.
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Jian Gao, Eileen Moran, Steffie Woolhandler, Andrew Toporek, Andrew P. Wilper, David U. Himmelstein
Summary: Enhancing primary care is a promising strategy for improving healthcare efficiency, with VHA patients enrolled in primary care showing lower medical expenditures compared to those without. Lack of primary care is associated with higher VHA expenditures, indicating potential cost savings through investments in primary care.
JOURNAL OF GENERAL INTERNAL MEDICINE
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
James R. Elliott, Zheye Wang
Summary: The government-funded retreat of homeowners from flood-prone housing is a globally ascendant policy of climate adaptation. Yet, little is known about the participants in terms of their risk tolerance, relocation choices, and the racial and ethnic disparities in their responses. This study combines residential history data, flood risk estimates, and local context indicators to examine how retreat is unfolding in the United States. Results show that voluntary retreat is a localized process that reduces household flood risk. However, there is racial segregation in these movements, with homeowners in majority-White communities more likely to stay in high-risk areas and less likely to relocate to nearby non-White areas.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS
(2023)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Giulio Mariotti, Christopher J. Hein
Summary: The response of coastal barrier islands to relative sea-level rise (SLR) has long been debated. This study finds that while the rate of SLR along the USA East Coast has increased by over 200% in the last 100 years, the retreat rate of barrier islands has only increased by about 45%. It is shown that the modern retreat rate is not controlled by recent SLR but rather by the baseline SLR of the past centuries.
Article
Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
Yue Wu, David P. Stevens, Ian A. Renfrew, Xiaoming Zhai
Summary: The study investigates the ocean response to wintertime sea ice retreat in the Nordic seas using the HiGEM climate model. It finds that under global warming, the impact of ocean response differs from that caused by sea ice retreat, leading to changes in water column mixing, temperature, and salinity.
JOURNAL OF CLIMATE
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Imogen Tennison, Sonia Roschnik, Ben Ashby, Richard Boyd, Ian Hamilton, Tadj Oreszczyn, Anne Owen, Marina Romanello, Paul Ruyssevelt, Jodi D. Sherman, Andrew Z. P. Smith, Kristian Steele, Nicholas Watts, Matthew J. Eckelman
Summary: This study presents the carbon footprint accounting and reduction measures of the National Health Service in England since 2008, identifying key areas for emission reduction through disaggregated data. In 2019, the healthcare system's emissions totaled 25 megatonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent, a 26% reduction since 1990.
LANCET PLANETARY HEALTH
(2021)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Satyendra K. Pothula, Byron J. Adams
Summary: Ecosystems shaped by retreating glaciers offer a unique opportunity to study biotic colonization and community structure. A global meta-analysis of 95 studies on glacier forefields reveals two patterns: some taxa show a persistent increase in abundance, while others increase initially and decline later. These patterns can be linked to vegetation and nutrient availability, guiding predictions for future responses to environmental changes.
GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Wan Ting Katty Huang, Isobel Braithwaite, Andrew Charlton-Perez, Christophe Sarran, Ting Sun
Summary: The impact of climate change on seasonal temperature-related mortality is nonlinear. After a 2.5 degrees C increase in global warming, there is a significant increase in summer mean mortality risk, while minimal changes are expected at lower levels of warming. In contrast, by reaching a 2 degrees C global warming, there is already a 42% increase in mortality risk during summer heat extremes. Winter attributable mortalities are projected to decrease linearly with global warming in England and Wales.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS
(2022)
Review
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Priya Gauttam, Nitesh Patel, Bawa Singh, Jaspal Kaur, Vijay Kumar Chattu, Mihajlo Jakovljevic
Summary: Indian public health policy needs to expand the public healthcare system and comply with NHP-17 and WHO standards. The private healthcare system has not proven reliable during emergencies, only the public health system is suitable for a country like India with a large rural and poor population.
Article
Economics
Thoa Hoang, Ilan Noy
Summary: Managed retreat programs result in significant initial decrease in wages and total income for relocated population, especially for women. This finding has direct implications for the compensation packages proposed for managed retreat programs.
REGIONAL SCIENCE AND URBAN ECONOMICS
(2023)
Letter
Environmental Sciences
Piers MacNaughton, Xiaodong Cao, Jonathan Buonocore, Jose Guillermo Cedeno-Laurent, John D. Spengler, Aaron Bernstein, Joseph G. Allen
JOURNAL OF EXPOSURE SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY
(2019)
Article
Pediatrics
Aaron S. Bernstein, Emily Oken, Sarah de Ferranti, Jennifer Ann Lowry, Samantha Ahdoot, Carl R. Baum, Aaron S. Bernstein, Aparna Bole, Lori G. Byron, Philip J. Landrigan, Steven M. Marcus, Susan E. Pacheco, Adam J. Spanier, Alan D. Woolf, Steven A. Abrams, George J. Fuchs, Jae Hong Kim, C. Wesley Lindsey, Sheela Natesh Magge, Ellen S. Rome, Sarah J. Schwarzenberg
Article
Environmental Sciences
Drew R. Michanowicz, Samuel R. Williams, Jonathan J. Buonocore, Sebastian T. Rowland, Katherine E. Konschnik, Shaun A. Goho, Aaron S. Bernstein
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
(2019)
Editorial Material
Medicine, General & Internal
Aaron Bernstein
BMJ-BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL
(2019)
Correction
Environmental Sciences
Piers MacNaughton, Xiaodong Cao, Jonathan Buonocore, Jose Guillermo Cedeno-Laurent, John D. Spengler, Aaron Bernstein, Joseph G. Allen
JOURNAL OF EXPOSURE SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY
(2020)
Article
Pediatrics
Sarita Chung, Carl R. Baum, Ann-Christine Nyquist, Steven E. Krug, Daniel B. Fagbuyi, Margaret C. Fisher, Scott Needle, David J. Schonfeld, Jennifer Ann Lowry, Samantha Ahdoot, Aaron S. Bernstein, Aparna Bole, Lori G. Byron, Philip J. Landrigan, Steven M. Marcus, Susan E. Pacheco, Adam J. Spanier, Alan D. Woolf, Yvonne A. Maldonado, Theoklis E. Zaoutis, Ritu Banerjee, Elizabeth D. Barnett, James D. Campbell, Jeffrey S. Gerber, Athena P. Kourtis, Ruth Lynfield, Flor M. Munoz, Dawn Nolt, Sean T. O'Leary, Mark H. Sawyer, William J. Steinbach, Tina Q. Tan
Article
Oncology
Leticia M. Nogueira, K. Robin Yabroff, Aaron Bernstein
CA-A CANCER JOURNAL FOR CLINICIANS
(2020)
Editorial Material
Health Care Sciences & Services
Renee N. Salas, Tynan H. Friend, Aaron Bernstein, Ashish K. Jha
Article
Environmental Sciences
Barrak Alahmad, Ali Al-Hemoud, Choong-Min Kang, Fhaid Almarri, Venkateswarlu Kommula, Jack M. Wolfson, Aaron S. Bernstein, Eric Garshick, Joel Schwartz, Petros Koutrakis
Summary: The study in Kuwait found that in the desert climate, dust storms and harsh weather conditions pose challenges for air sampling, leading to significantly higher levels of PM2.5 compared to the U.S. air quality standard. Regional pollution was the main source of PM2.5, with dust storms and road dust also playing significant roles.
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Aaron S. Bernstein, Shengzhi Sun, Kate R. Weinberger, Keith R. Spangler, Perry E. Sheffield, Gregory A. Wellenius
Summary: With increasing extreme heat exposures due to climate change, the health risks to children are not well understood compared to adults. This study aimed to estimate the association between warm season temperatures and cause-specific emergency department (ED) visits among U.S. children and adolescents. The findings suggest that higher ambient temperatures during the warm season are associated with increased rates of visits to children's hospital EDs, indicating that higher temperatures may contribute significantly to ED visits among U.S. children and adolescents.
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES
(2022)
Review
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Aaron S. Bernstein, Amy W. Ando, Ted Loch-Temzelides, Mariana M. Vale, Binbin Li, Hongying Li, Jonah Busch, Colin A. Chapman, Margaret Kinnaird, Katarzyna Nowak, Marcia C. Castro, Carlos Zambrana-Torrelio, Jorge A. Ahumada, Lingyun Xiao, Patrick Roehrdanz, Les Kaufman, Lee Hannah, Peter Daszak, Stuart L. Pimm, Andrew P. Dobson
Summary: The lives lost and economic costs of viral zoonotic pandemics have been increasing over the past century. Some policymakers argue that future pandemic catastrophes should be addressed through detecting and containing emerging zoonotic threats. However, this article suggests that proactive actions should be taken to minimize the impact of future pandemics and proposes three practical measures.
Correction
Environmental Sciences
Aaron S. Bernstein, Shengzhi Sun, Kate R. Weinberger, Keith R. Spangler, Perry E. Sheffield, Gregory A. Wellenius
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
A. T. Tarabochia-Gast, D. R. Michanowicz, A. S. Bernstein
Summary: The study found that hospitals in some areas along the United States Atlantic and Gulf Coasts are at risk of flooding from weak hurricanes, and that sea level rise due to climate change may further increase the flood risk to hospitals.
Review
Environmental Sciences
Lina Roa, Lotta Velin, Jemesa Tudravu, Craig D. McClain, Aaron Bernstein, John G. Meara
LANCET PLANETARY HEALTH
(2020)
