Climate Change and Ecosystem Disruption: The Health Impacts of the North American Rocky Mountain Pine Beetle Infestation

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• Personal Author:
  Embrey S ; Hess, Jeffery E. ; Remais JV
• Description:
  In the United States and Canada, pine forest ecosystems are being dramatically affected by an unprecedented pine beetle infestation attributed to climate change. Both decreased frequency of extremely cold days and warmer winter temperature averages have led to an enphytotic devastating millions of acres of pine forest. The associated ecosystem disruption has the potential to cause significant health impacts from a range of exposures, including increased runoff and water turbidity, forest fires, and loss of ecosystem services. We review direct and indirect health impacts and possible prevention strategies. The pine beetle infestation highlights the need for public health to adopt an ecological, systems-oriented view to anticipate the full range of potential health impacts from climate change and facilitate effective planned adaptation. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Climate Change Insecta Occupational Health Public Health Safety Temperature
• Keywords:
  Climate Change Climatic Conditions Ecological Systems Environmental Impacts Insects Public Health Temperature Effects
• ISSN:
  0090-0036
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Georgia ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  102
• Issue:
  5
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20061832
• Citation:
  Am J Public Health 2012 May; 102(5):818-827
• Contact Point Address:
  Sally Embrey, Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, Stanford University, Jerry Yang and Akiko Yamazaki Environment and Energy Bldg, Office M21, 473 Via Ortega, Stanford, CA 94305-4200
• Email:
  sembrey@stanford.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2012
• Performing Organization:
  Emory University, Atlanta
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  American Journal of Public Health
• End Date:
  20180630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:193477d1b02d7fce97963c6564be33ae19c35bddfa39380be591b37f79bf3045e10e4277dc9e3526f5899d5db20d3de0176512609c2faa6f7dc49ace542c9b92
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/225204/cdc_225204_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 812.20 KB ]