Module Components

• Overview
• Assignments

Topics

• Climate Change and Human Health
• Temperature-Related Death and Illness
• Air Quality
• Extreme Events

NURS418 - Climate Change - Evidence and Solutions

Module 3: Climate Change and Health I

Extreme Events

Climate change projections show that there will be continuing increases in the occurrence and severity of some extreme events by the end of the century, while for other extremes the links to climate change are more uncertain. Some regions of the United States have already experienced costly impacts—in terms of both lives lost and economic damages—from observed changes in the frequency, intensity, or duration of certain extreme events.

Key Findings:

• Increased Exposure to Extreme Events
• Disruption of Essential Infrastructure
• Vulnerability to Coastal Flooding