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Protecting health in a changing climate

DEOHS researchers partner with communities to save lives from extreme heat and climate-related disasters

| Kate Stringer

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Tania Busch Isaksen talks with students outside on the UW campus.

Why major in Environmental Public Health?

5 questions for DEOHS Teaching Professor Tania Busch Isaksen

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Close-up on youth marching for climate action, with a sign with text "There is No Planet B" and a drawing of the Earth with bright lines surrounding it.

Centering young “climate heroes”

DEOHS-led project takes a collaborative approach to assessing extreme heat health risks in youth BIPOC communities

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Our top stories of 2023

The year of community resilience: Counting down our most-read stories of 2023

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A collage of four photos of participants in the storymap: Paulina López, Robin Schwartz, Alberto J. Rodríguez and Maribel Pastor.

Building climate resilience along Seattle’s riverfront

New storymap highlights voices of the Duwamish Valley in concert with study results supporting the City of Seattle’s climate resilience efforts

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Cars sit in traffic on Highway 520.

Breathing highway air increases blood pressure

New study led by DEOHS researchers finds increase in blood pressure from breathing unfiltered air during rush hour is comparable to the effect of a high-sodium diet

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Smoky skies over the Seattle skyline looking west to Olympic Mountains.

Climate change causing ‘indisputable’ harm to our health

5th National Climate Assessment authors include DEOHS climate experts

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