#tldr : The cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying the health impacts of climate change must be better understood in order to plan interventions that mitigate harm.

Join us TOMORROW for the launch of the latest Lancet Countdown report for Latin America, exploring the links between climate change and health in one of the world's most vulnerable (and... wonderful! biased opinion) world regions

🌿 We often hear that nature is good for mental wellbeing, but why?

🐦 Study used smartphone EMA to show that natural diversity = environments with ⬆️ natural features such as trees, plants & birds, mediated the relationship btw nature & mental wellbeing

nature.com/articles/s4159…

Trying to pick a portable air cleaner but not sure what 'size' to get? Our Harvard Healthy Buildings program built an easy tool to help figure it out

--> forhealth.org/tools/portable…

Postdoc job alert!

The Collective Cognition Lab is moving moving to Stanford University in the Department of Environmental Social Sciences Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability & looking for a postdoctoral scholar interested in the psychology of climate beliefs and behaviors.

Apply now: forms.gle/smfec81pMR8XzK…

One of my main motivations for founding Our World in Data was to overcome the mad reality in academia that much of the most important research and data is locked away behind paywalls.

I wanted research and data to be a public good, accessible to *everyone*.

If you find our work…

In a rare case of timeliness, we have new research on the long term effects of PFAS, on the same day the EPA's rule on PFAS in drinking water was released. Its a cool paper, you should give it a read!

This is madness.

Yesterday’s low temperature of +22.5°C (+72.5°F) in Biarritz was the highest minimum temperature ever recorded in France 🇫🇷 for the month of April. In fact, +22.5°C was one of the highest minimum temperatures ever measured at this station (for any month).

Scientists in Antarctica are tracking a “baffling” virus that could decimate penguins and other polar animals.

Learn more: scim.ag/6uN News from Science

I'm hiring! Looking for a research analyst to work on climate/migration/housing projects. Ideal person will love working with big datasets in R or Python. Bachelors or Masters-level. More info: unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/277028

22% of Americans say they interact with artificial intelligence almost constantly or several times a day. Another 27% say they interact with AI about once a day or several times a week. Half of Americans think they interact with AI less often. pewrsr.ch/3xcpnIc

How does extreme heat affect children's education globally? Thanks to Caitlin M Prentice, Helen Louise Berry, Francis Vergunst & Kelton Minor for sharing this insightful perspective on climate change's broader impact. Crucial as we assess its health effects. bit.ly/3Px1amj

Climate change made west Africa’s ‘dangerous humid heatwave’ 10 times more likely | Ayesha Tandon w/comment from Wasiu Adeniyi Ibrahim Izidine Pinto Maja Vahlberg

Read here: buff.ly/3TCksru

Today we’ve lost a giant and a visionary: Prof. Daniel Kahneman has passed at the age of 90. The Princeton SPIA community shares our condolences with his family and all who knew him, learned from him, and loved him. bit.ly/4cy0arM

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We've summarised our recent review on climate change impacts on children's education outcomes worldwide for The Conversation theconversation.com/schools-out-ho… The Conversation The Conversation Canada The Conversation Africa NatureClimate Det utdanningsvitskaplege fakultet (UiO) Kelton Minor UiO - Psykologisk Institutt Department of Education, University of Oxford

#WorldMetDay

This week World Meteorological Organization confirmed that 2023 was the warmest year on record.

#IPCC ’s Synthesis Report shows the extent to which current & future generations will experience a hotter & different world depends on choices now & in the near term.

🔗 bit.ly/SRYRpt23

Did you know nighttime warming is taking place at a faster rate that daytime warming? Presenting real consequences for our global #SleepHealth 👏👏 Kelton Minor ESRS #ClimateChange