Associations Between Simulated Future Changes in Climate, Air Quality, and Human Health.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Future changes in climate are likely to adversely affect human health by affecting concentrations of particulate matter sized less than 2.5 μm (PM2.5) and ozone (O3) in many areas. However, the degree to which these outcomes may be mitigated by reducing air pollutant emissions is not well understood.

Objective

To model the associations between future changes in climate, air quality, and human health for 2 climate models and under 2 air pollutant emission scenarios.

Design, setting, and participants

This modeling study simulated meteorological conditions over the coterminous continental US during a 1995 to 2005 baseline and over the 21st century (2025-2100) by dynamically downscaling representations of a high warming scenario from the Community Earth System

SUBMITTER: Fann NL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7783541 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature