Global Warming and its Impact on Human Health

Which of the following is a direct health impact of global warming?

Which factor most significantly contributes to the increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide levels?

What describes one way forests help mitigate rising carbon dioxide levels?

How does rising global temperatures affect oxygen levels in aquatic ecosystems?

Which adaptation strategy can health sectors implement to address workforce preparedness relative to challenges caused by climate change?

Which outcome is most likely as schistosomiasis spreads due to warming temperatures?

What accurately describes the relationship between climate change and the function of vector organisms?

How might milder winters impact public health in temperate countries?

How is vector biology impacted by climate change?

What accurately reflects carbon dioxide concentrations in the atmosphere due to human action?

What illustrates the potential impact of climate change on global health, as it relates to agriculture?

What is a possible signal to indicate global warming?

What are some key factors that will be affected by changes in climatic conditions?

What poses a risk in civil wars?

What is a change that will affect many climate sensitive infectious diseases?

Which disease is described as a tropical disease caused by infestation with schistosomes?

What happens to the function of the human body as it relates to heat?

Which of the following represents a health benefit associated with milder winters resulting from global warming?

How will malaria shift as a result of global warming?

Who is at risk of cardiovascular or chronic respiratory disease from thermal increase?

What factor exacerbates the conditions that influence health regarding vector borne illnessess?

In what area will the greater absolute burden of adverse health impact will heat waves be?

True or False: Dengue fever is transmitted by mosquitoes and is marked by fevers, joint and muscle pain and headaches.

Where will the absolute burden of adverse health impacts result from heat waves?

When carbon dioxide concentration fall, what happens to oxygen concentration at saturation?

What are some diseases that are expected in dengue fever and infections by other arboviruses?

What results in transferred large amounts of carbon dioxide from lithospheric reservoirs into the atmosphere?

Which country has reported dengue cases doubled?

Why is carbon dioxide of primary concern?

Which of the following is NOT a type of adaptive strategy for climate change and health?

What has contributed to rising atmospheric CO2 concentration?

What can the health sector do to combat global warming health issues?

How does an increase in temperature effect the transmission rate of mosquito borne illnesses?

True or False: Forests serve as sinks for recently active carbon.

Where is schistosomiasis widespread?

Which of the following contributes to climate change?

Aside from the general public who is particularly vulnerable to heat waves?

What indirect consequence does global warming have on the marine food web?

Which country has an Aedes aegypti mosquito?

Which factor increases with temperature to also allow for Salmonella?

Which is a direct risk that results from global warming?

Which factor most directly links climate change to an increased risk of malnutrition in vulnerable populations?

What is the primary reason for the dramatic increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations over the past 650,000 years?

Which of the following is a key component of the greenhouse effect?

How does deforestation contribute to rising atmospheric carbon dioxide levels?

How might milder winters resulting from global warming affect temperate countries?

What is a direct health risk associated with increased concentrations of ground-level ozone due to global warming?

How does exceeding the human body's capacity to cope with increased thermal stress impact public health?

Which population group is least vulnerable to the effects of thermal increase?

How will changes and disruptions to ecological systems, affect human health?

By approximately how much does oxygen concentration at saturation fall with a 3°C increase in temperature?

What effect does global warming have on countries that rely on agriculture?

What impact does climatic conditions have on diseases?

What is the relevance of El Niño to Malaria?

What effects resulting from an increase in temperature, cause more efficient transmission of dengue from mosquito to human?

Which strategy is an effective way for the health sector to adapt to the impacts of climate change?

What distinguishes the role of high income countries in addressing global warming?

How does global warming affect the world's population?

Which of the following measures can the health sector take to address health risks associated with global warming?

What is the expected impact that global warming will have towards the number of people starving by 2060?

What can result from increased water contamination?

Which of the following is a characteristic of 'deferred' effects, related to an extreme weather event?

How does climatic conditions affect vector organisms?

Which activity transfers large amounts of carbon dioxide from lithospheric reservoirs into the atmosphere?

What measure can the health sector take?

Who is particularly vulnerable to adverse health impacts from increased heat waves?

How is the distribution of vector organisms affected by changes in climatic conditions?

Which factor contributes to climate change?

What represents an effect in health by global warming?

What is an adaptation strategy for climate change and health?

What adaptive strategy is useful for climate change and health?

How does the health sector promote leading?

What is likely to happen with rising temperatures?

What can also be called snail fever?

Why will infectious diseases via influence?

What could also be a result from children during and after a disaster?

What adaptive strategy will the health sector take to combat infectious diseases?

What does Increased water contamination contain?

What is a potential outcome if global warming continues to rise at an increasing rate?

Which action decreases vector density?

What can be called a powerful driver?

What is a powerful driver associated with?