climate change

A Flood Devastated This Town In 2019, And Residents Are Still Struggling

By • Aug 25, 2020
Photo contributed by Sharon Stewart.

Floods, hurricanes and other natural disasters can devastate a town in just a few hours. But the impact on residents can linger for years in the form of anxiety, depression or other mental health problems. 

Climate Change Brings Health Threat To Great Lakes Region

By • May 5, 2020

The impact of climate change is vast: rising sea levels, climbing temperatures and more severe storms. These problems stretch beyond the coasts and grasslands, and cities along the Great Lakes are not immune. 

Climate change brings serious health impacts, too.

How These Neighborhood Gardens Help Combat Climate Change

By Susan Bence • May 5, 2020
Photo by ERICA HEISDORF BISQUERRA

Climate change is expected to bring an increase in heat waves, flooding and severe storms to the Great Lakes region. And it's likely to disproportionately impact people already grappling with many other obstacles, particularly in urban areas.

Heat Making You Lethargic? Research Shows It Can Slow Your Brain, Too

By ALLISON AUBREY • Jul 16, 2018
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Can't cool off this summer? Heat waves can slow us down in ways we may not realize.

New research suggests heat stress can muddle our thinking, making simple math a little harder to do.

Report: Hoosier Health May Be Impacted By Climate Change

By Jill Sheridan - IPB News • Apr 10, 2018
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The health of Hoosiers may be impacted as the climate continues to change, according to a new report that examines how environmental trends, including continued warming, could impact health statewide.

How Itchy Feet Led A Researcher To The Tick-Born Cause Of A Meat Allergy

By Bram Sable-Smith • Jul 27, 2015
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One Saturday afternoon at a backyard cookout, St. Louis, Missouri, architect Dan Rosenberg enjoyed a cheeseburger – a food he’d enjoyed many times before.

That night, a couple hours after he went to sleep, he woke up with a searing pain in his stomach—pain he describes as “a nine on the ten-scale.”


Tribute: The Man Who Linked Climate Change To Global Health

By editor • Dec 30, 2014

When I asked climate change expert Tony McMichael back in March how he thought the world would deal with climate change, he said, "It's likely to be an extraordinary century and we're going to have to have our wits about us to get through it."

But the legions of scientists he inspired will have to go on without him. McMichael died in September in his native Australia from complications of pneumonia, leaving behind the fledgling field he founded — determining the health effects of climate change.