Assertion: climate change | /r/CapableOf | affect human health
Facets:
value: in numerous ways
type: MANNER
value: by worsening air and water quality
type: MANNER
value: adversely
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: Climate Change Affects Human Health
text: Climate change is altering temperature, precipitation, and sea levels, and will adversely impact humans and natural systems, including water resources, human health, human settlements, ecosystems, and biodiversity.
text: Climate change, together with other natural and human-made health stressors, influences human health and disease in numerous ways.
text: Climate change can affect human health in two main ways: first, by changing the severity or frequency of health problems that are already affected by climate or weather factors; and second, by creating unprecedented or unanticipated health problems or health threats in places or times of the year where they have not previously occurred.
text: In November 2018, a federal report ​advised that "climate change is affecting the natural environment, agriculture, energy production and use, land and water resources, transportation, and human health and welfare across the U.S. and its territories.
text: Climate change affects human health and wellbeing through more extreme weather events and wildfires, decreased air quality, and diseases transmitted by insects, food, and water.
text: Climate change can also impact human health by worsening air and water quality, increasing the spread of certain diseases, and altering the frequency or intensity of extreme weather events.