Climate Change and Human Health A Directory of Research Papers on the Health Impacts of Human-Caused Climate Change Human-caused climate change is no longer simply an environmental issue—it has become one of the defining public health challenges of the twenty-first century. In addition to the direct deaths caused by heatwaves, floods, hurricanes, droughts, wildfires, and […]
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Climate Change Health Impact Directory
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Climate Change, Gut Dysbiosis, and the Human Microbiome
How Environmental Stressors Disrupt Gut Health, Sleep, and Systemic Well-Being By Daniel Brouse The human gut microbiome is one of the body’s most complex and essential ecosystems, influencing digestion, immunity, metabolism, and even brain function. A growing body of scientific evidence indicates that climate change is emerging as a significant environmental threat to this internal […]
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Climate Change and REM Sleep: How a Warming Planet is Disrupting the Brain’s Most Restorative Sleep Stage
by Daniel Brouse Preface This summer, I began noticing a significant decline in both my overall sleep quality and, in particular, my REM (Rapid Eye Movement) sleep. After reviewing the data from my sleep tracker, I was able to link much of the disruption to elevated nighttime temperatures. Then, last night, another factor became impossible […]
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Human-Caused Climate Change and Heatwave Trends
WARNING: Heat can kill you and will reduce your health and wellbeing, whether you believe it or not. Please read the facts. The state of the climate is not normal. Human-Caused Climate Change and Heatwave Trends Human-caused climate change has fundamentally altered global weather patterns, making heatwaves more frequent, more intense, and longer-lasting. According to […]
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The Evolving Probability Distribution of Climate Extremes: Earth’s Energy Imbalance, Statistical Skewness, and Feedback Coupling in an Increasingly Energetic Climate System
Daniel Brouse and Sidd Mukherjee July 4, 2026 Abstract Global warming is often communicated through changes in average surface air temperature. While useful, this framing understates the fundamental driver of climate change: the accumulation and redistribution of excess thermal energy throughout the Earth system. Because more than 90% of anthropogenic excess heat is stored in […]
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How Is Your Electric Made?
I happen to be in a somewhat unusual position geographically—I’m between the Limerick and Peach Bottom nuclear plants, so a significant portion of my electricity comes from nuclear generation. I’m not particularly pro-nuclear because it takes far too long to build new plants, and the construction itself (especially the enormous amount of concrete and steel) […]
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“The Waterfall House”: Passive Solar-Driven Heat Rejection Using Phase-Change Energy Transfer
DIY Cooling via Evaporative Roof Water Preface — Business and Environmental Ethics This is a “secret” invention Sidd and I developed some time ago. I call it secret not because it is proprietary in the usual sense, but because we tend to apply a fairly strict internal filter before releasing anything into the wild. Whenever […]
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PJM Electricity 900% Price Spike: Capacity Market Shock and Heat-Driven Grid Stress
The current heatwave across the PJM region is unfolding within the broader context of ongoing global warming, where rising average temperatures are increasing both the frequency and severity of extreme heat events. As the climate warms, baseline temperatures shift upward, making extreme heat more likely and more persistent. This results in higher daytime temperatures, reduced […]
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Elevated Nighttime Minimum Temperatures and the Intensification of Heat-Health Risk
by Daniel Brouse Abstract Nighttime minimum temperatures are increasing in many regions at a faster rate than daytime maximum temperatures, representing a critical but underappreciated dimension of climate change. Because human and ecosystem recovery from heat stress depends heavily on nocturnal cooling, this trend has important implications for health outcomes, agriculture, energy demand, and ecological […]
Ozone References
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