Our @uarizona.bsky.social story on my heat health panel with @doctorufu.bsky.social and @robbieparks.bsky.social is at news.arizona.edu/news/u-heat-... #uarizona
🔥 @robbieparks.bsky.social was selected as a 2026 Frontiers of Science Fellow by the National Academy of Sciences — one of 81 of the nation's brightest young scientists, presenting on heat stress & human health this March.
🔗 www.nasonline.org/news/nationa...
Each additional tropical cyclone-exposed day was associated with increased psychoactive drug-related death rates in exposed US counties, highlighting the need to integrate substance use and mental health services in disaster preparedness.
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🌪️🌍 Who actually bears the burden of tropical cyclones?
A global look at exposure, storms, and inequality. @robbieparks.bsky.social
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🤒Higher temperatures are associated with more violence-related visits, particularly for younger individuals and those with lower income or educational attainment.
👉Read the study by @robbieparks.bsky.social and co-authors at www.nature.com/articles/s44...
#sustainability #climatechange 🧪
A great pleasure to give a guest lecture on Weather and Climate Extremes at @columbiauniversity.bsky.social’s Mailman School of Public Health today.
Thanks for the invite @robbieparks.bsky.social!
@lamont.columbia.edu @iiasa.ac.at
🌪️ @newyorker.com just spotlighted former Agents Of Change fellow @robbieparks.bsky.social!
His research reveals the invisible health toll of hurricanes — from chronic illness to mental health impacts long after storms end.
Read more 👇
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
This study was led by Dr. Qing Yao, with great collaboration with Victoria Lynch, Molei Liu, @wuxiao1993.bsky.social and @robbieparks.bsky.social.
Check out the press release from Columbia Mailman. www.publichealth.columbia.edu/news/hurrica...
Heat kills, more than we think and we can see. Heat intensified by climate change kills even more. For the 1st time, we conducted a rapid impact attribution study looking at the additional deaths that occurred due to climate change across 12 cities in Europe, in close to real-time: shorturl.at/mv6ms
This study is led by Dr. Qing Yao, in collaboration with Victoria Lynch, Molei Liu, @wuxiao1993.bsky.social, and @robbieparks.bsky.social. Great pleasure discussing our findings with Sarah Kaplan and Kevin Crowe at the Washington Post. The preprint has not been peer-reviewed. End/
A small team of us at Columbia (Sen Pei, Qing Yao, and me) collaborated with @washingtonpost.com to create a data-driven story about Hurricane Helene flooding and lack of evacuation added to the severe impacts:
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
Great coverage of paper from @sciam.bsky.social:
www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
Planes de salud, calor, salud mental...
Un combo cada vez más preocupante.
Los investigadores solicitan apoyo específico para proteger a las comunidades vulnerables. #SaludPública
A global review finds most heat-health plans mention #mentalhealth but lack real interventions. As extreme #heat intensifies, researchers call for targeted support to protect vulnerable communities. #ClimateAdaptation #PublicHealth
DOI: doi.org/10.1007/s405...
This gap aligns closely with findings from a recent report by @physoc.bsky.social and @wellcometrust.bsky.social, which highlighted the urgent need to integrate mental health into climate adaptation strategies.
📢 A major new review has found that while over 75% of heat-health action plans mention mental health, only a fifth include any targeted interventions.
#tldr: Our new review found that while most Heat Health Action Plans mention mental health, very few detail specific impacts or include targeted interventions, highlighting a critical gap to be addressed in heat policies under climate change:
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
👏 Huge congratulations to Allison Stewart-Ruano, our wonderful PhD student, and co-authors for this crucial work: #ClimateHealth #PublicHealth #HeatAction #MentalWellbeing
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🌍 We're seeing promising examples of integration (e.g., Southern Australia's heatwave early warning system: www.health.gov.au/sites/defaul...). It's time to ensure these vital mental health protections are routinely integrated into heat policies.
🔎 How well is this reflected in Heat Health Action Plans (HHAPs)?
👍 75.9% of HHAPs mention mental health.
🤔 But only 31.3% acknowledge specific heat-mental health impacts.
👎 And only 21.7% include targeted interventions.
😰 Growing evidence links extreme heat to negative mental health outcomes, from increased mortality in those with pre-existing conditions to higher psychiatric admissions.
🌡️ Out today! The first-ever review on how #MentalHealth features in Heat Health Action Plans is out now in #CurrentEnvironmentalHealthReports!
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#ClimateHealth #PublicHealth #HeatAction #MentalWellbeing
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Absolutely let’s talk!
Has been amazing to visit the @columbiauniversity.bsky.social Global Center in Santiago Chile! Many exciting projects on the horizon…
This paper was also one of NIEHS's papers of the month for March 2025!
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"The last 10 years have been the 10 warmest years on record," a direct outcome of ongoing fossil fuel emissions, and this signals that warming risks could be even more dramatic than thought, says climate scientist Radley Horton of @lamontearth.bsky.social @columbiaclimate.bsky.social. Via @npr.org.
For the urban health - climate folks, the IPCC still has a call out for Chapter scientists to contribute to the IPCC Special report on Climate Change and Cities.
The deadline is midnight CET on Friday 14 Feb🌹
In case of interest ⬇️
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