2024
Rainfall events and daily mortality across 645 global locations: two stage time series analysis
He C, Breitner-Busch S, Huber V, Chen K, Zhang S, Gasparrini A, Bell M, Kan H, Royé D, Armstrong B, Schwartz J, Sera F, Vicedo-Cabrera A, Honda Y, Jaakkola J, Ryti N, Kyselý J, Guo Y, Tong S, de'Donato F, Michelozzi P, Coelho M, Saldiva P, Lavigne E, Orru H, Indermitte E, Pascal M, Goodman P, Zeka A, Kim Y, Diaz M, Arellano E, Overcenco A, Klompmaker J, Rao S, Palomares A, Carrasco G, Seposo X, Pereira da Silva S, Madureira J, Holobaca I, Scovronick N, Acquaotta F, Kim H, Lee W, Hashizume M, Tobias A, Íñiguez C, Forsberg B, Ragettli M, Guo Y, Pan S, Osorio S, Li S, Zanobetti A, Dang T, Van Dung D, Schneider A. Rainfall events and daily mortality across 645 global locations: two stage time series analysis. The BMJ 2024, 387: e080944. PMID: 39384295, DOI: 10.1136/bmj-2024-080944.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsYear return periodReturn periodsRainfall eventsVegetation coverageCharacteristics of daily rainfallDaily rainfall intensityDaily rainfallRainfall intensityRespiratory mortalityClimate typesRainfallLocal climateIntensity indexGlobal scaleTime series analysisMortality riskRelative riskAssociated with respiratory mortalityDaily mortalityDaily mortality dataClimateEstimate mortality riskIncreased relative riskSeries analysisGlobal locationsGlobal, regional, and national burden of heatwave-related mortality from 1990 to 2019: A three-stage modelling study
Zhao Q, Li S, Ye T, Wu Y, Gasparrini A, Tong S, Urban A, Vicedo-Cabrera A, Tobias A, Armstrong B, Royé D, Lavigne E, de’Donato F, Sera F, Kan H, Schwartz J, Pascal M, Ryti N, Goodman P, Saldiva P, Bell M, Guo Y, Network O. Global, regional, and national burden of heatwave-related mortality from 1990 to 2019: A three-stage modelling study. PLOS Medicine 2024, 21: e1004364. PMID: 38743771, PMCID: PMC11093289, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1004364.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMortality burdenExcess deathsGlobal mortality burdenTemporal changesAssociated with heatwavesMultivariate meta-regressionAdaptation planningGeographic disparitiesNational burdenLow-incomeClimate changeHeatwavesMeta-regressionPremature deathSector adaptationDaily deathsClimateLack of dataResidentsBurdenDisparitiesDeath ratioAssociationUrgency of Climate Change through the lens of COVID-19 Pandemic: the case of heat-related mortality
Batibeniz F, Seneviratne S, Jha S, Ribeiro A, Gutierrez L, Raible C, Armstrong B, Bell M, Lavigne E, Gasparrini A, Guo Y, Hashizume M, Masselot P, Pereira da Silva S, Royé D, Sera F, Tong S, Urban A, Vicedo-Cabrera A. Urgency of Climate Change through the lens of COVID-19 Pandemic: the case of heat-related mortality. 2024 DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-egu24-8234.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchGlobal warming levelsClimate changeWarming levelsHeat-related mortalityIntegrate climate changeHeat-related deathsGlobal warmingLevels of global warmingAdaptation measuresClimateNorth American citiesLevels of COVID-19 mortalityCOVID-19 mortalityWarmingPublic health discourseUrgency of climate changeGlobal health concernHealth concernAmerican citiesCity
2022
Disentangling the mechanism of temperature and water vapor modulation on ozone under a warming climate
Zhang J, Gao Y, Leung L, Luo K, Wang M, Zhang Y, Bell M, Fan J. Disentangling the mechanism of temperature and water vapor modulation on ozone under a warming climate. Environmental Research Letters 2022, 17: 124032. DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/aca3bc.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAnthropogenic emission reductionsWater vaporWarming climateHeat wavesLarge anthropogenic emission reductionOzone precursor emissionsVariation of ozoneLow ozone daysTemperature increaseClimate penaltyWetter climateAnthropogenic emissionsDominant regimeAnnual ozoneWestern U.S.Precursor emissionsLarge emission reductionsContiguous U.S.Ozone daysOzone pollutionOzone concentrationsClimateSoutheastern U.S.OzoneAir quality
2007
Climate change, ambient ozone, and health in 50 US cities
Bell M, Goldberg R, Hogrefe C, Kinney P, Knowlton K, Lynn B, Rosenthal J, Rosenzweig C, Patz J. Climate change, ambient ozone, and health in 50 US cities. Climatic Change 2007, 82: 61-76. DOI: 10.1007/s10584-006-9166-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchClimate changeOzone levelsOzone concentrationsRegional air quality modelIPCC A2 scenarioFuture ozone concentrationsAir quality modelsFuture climatic conditionsElevated ozone levelsRegional climateA2 scenarioFuture climateGlobal climateAnthropogenic emissionsAnthropogenic precursorsFuture changesFuture concentrationsClimateAmbient ozone concentrationsClimatic conditionsRepresentative summerHourly concentrationsQuality modelAir qualityEastern US cities