Research Connecting CKDu and Physical Labor in Extreme Heat Featured in Nature
Research from Madeleine Scammell is featured in a June 2025 piece in Nature: How a mysterious epidemic of kidney disease is killing thousands of young men., which discusses the epidemic of chronic kidney disease of unknown cause (CKDu) in Central America. CKDu affects people aged 20 and 50 years who often have no other known […]
New Special Issue on Climate Change and Health in the Journal of City Climate Policy and Economy
The May 2025 publication from the Journal of City Climate Policy and Economy: Special Issue on Climate Change and Health explores the unique opportunities and challenges cities encounter in promoting public health in a changing climate. Alumna Quinn Adams served as a guest editor. The issue includes exciting contributions from Quinn Adams, Gregory Wellenius, Neil […]
Optimizing Tree Canopy and Cool Roofs to Provide Cooling in Boston
A paper led by Ian Smith (Earth & Environment) showed that given a constrained budget, a strategy that combines addition of cool roofs and new trees is optimal for reducing vulnerability weighted excess heat exposure in Boston. The study quantifies the changes in tree canopy coverage and cool roof solutions in Boston that would maximize […]
New Data Visualization: Where Will Extreme Heat Hit Hardest by 2050?
A new study led by CCH Research Data Analyst Zach Popp uses applied statistical and geospatial methods to map the intersections of shifting demographics, including social vulnerabilities, with increased warming predicted for mid-century across the US. This novel research combines methodology from climate science to understand future heat extremes, demography to track population change, and […]
Reducing emissions and air pollution from informal brick kilns: Evidence from Bangladesh
Science. Nina Brooks, Debashish Biswas, Sameer Maithel, Grant Miller, Aprajit Mahajan, M. Rofi Uddin, Shoeb Ahmed, Moogdho Mahzab, Mahbubur Rahman, Stephen P. Luby
Sewage Overflows Linked to Increase in Gastrointestinal Illnesses
A new study has found an increased risk of acute gastrointestinal illness during the four day period following large-volume combined sewer overflows (CSO) among downstream communities bordering the Merrimack river. The study from Beth Haley, Wendy Heiger-Bernays, and colleagues published in Environmental Health Perspectives observed an elevated risk of acute gastrointestinal illness in all Massachusetts […]