Environmental Health
Rising global temperatures have myriad effects on human health: heat-related mortality, increased climate-sensitive infectious diseases, water scarcity and more. Harvard researchers are working to highlight the health risks of climate change - and, in turn, are fighting to save lives.
With the participation of faculty and researchers at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, the Harvard-China Project has linked its air quality studies with research on the health impacts of pollution exposures, to evaluate total population risk of air pollution in China and beyond. It has also conducted a long series of studies investigating how environmental health is valued in China.
2024
Fan Wang, Meng Gao, Cheng Liu, Ran Zhao, and Michael McElroy. 2024. “Uniformly Elevated Future Heat Stress in China Driven by Spatially Heterogeneous Water Vapor Changes”. Nature Communications, 15, 4522
Fan Wang, Meng Gao, Cheng Liu, Ran Zhao, and Michael McElroy. 2024. “Uniformly Elevated Future Heat Stress in China Driven by Spatially Heterogeneous Water Vapor Changes”. Nature Communications, 15, 4522
2023
Jingran Zhang, Yiliang Jiang, Yunjie Wang, Shaojun Zhang, Ye Wu, Shuxiao Wang, Chris Nielsen, Michael McElroy, and Jiming Hao. 2023. “Increased Impact of Aviation on Air Quality and Human Health in China”. Environmental Science & Technology, Pp. 19575–19583
Jingran Zhang, Yiliang Jiang, Yunjie Wang, Shaojun Zhang, Ye Wu, Shuxiao Wang, Chris Nielsen, Michael McElroy, and Jiming Hao. 2023. “Increased Impact of Aviation on Air Quality and Human Health in China”. Environmental Science & Technology, Pp. 19575–19583
2022
Shaodan Huang, Shaojie Song, Chris P. Nielsen, Yuqiang Zhang, Jianyin Xiong, Louise B. Weschler, Shaodong Xie, and Jing Li. 2022. “Residential Building Materials: An Important Source of Ambient Formaldehyde in Mainland China”. Environment International, 158, 106909
Shaodan Huang, Shaojie Song, Chris P. Nielsen, Yuqiang Zhang, Jianyin Xiong, Louise B. Weschler, Shaodong Xie, and Jing Li. 2022. “Residential Building Materials: An Important Source of Ambient Formaldehyde in Mainland China”. Environment International, 158, 106909
Rong Tang, Jing Zhao, Yifan Liu, Xin Huang, Yanxu Zhang, Derong Zhou, Aijun Ding, Chris Nielsen, and Haikun Wang. 2022. “Air Quality and Health Co-Benefits of China’s Carbon Dioxide Emissions Peaking before 2030”. Nature Communications, 13, 1008
Rong Tang, Jing Zhao, Yifan Liu, Xin Huang, Yanxu Zhang, Derong Zhou, Aijun Ding, Chris Nielsen, and Haikun Wang. 2022. “Air Quality and Health Co-Benefits of China’s Carbon Dioxide Emissions Peaking before 2030”. Nature Communications, 13, 1008
Peter Sherman, Haiyang Lin, and Michael B. McElroy. 2022. “Projected Global Demand for Air Conditioning Associated With Extreme Heat and Implications for Electricity Grids in Poorer Countries”. Energy and Buildings, 268, August, Pp. 112198
Peter Sherman, Haiyang Lin, and Michael B. McElroy. 2022. “Projected Global Demand for Air Conditioning Associated With Extreme Heat and Implications for Electricity Grids in Poorer Countries”. Energy and Buildings, 268, August, Pp. 112198
Zhichang Cai, Chenghe Guan, An Trinh, Bo Zhang, Zhibin Chen, Sumeeta Srinivasan, and Chris Nielsen. 2022. “Satisfaction on Self-Perceived Health of Urban Residents in Chengdu, China: Gender, Age and the Built Environment”. Sustainability, 14, 40, Pp. 13389
Zhichang Cai, Chenghe Guan, An Trinh, Bo Zhang, Zhibin Chen, Sumeeta Srinivasan, and Chris Nielsen. 2022. “Satisfaction on Self-Perceived Health of Urban Residents in Chengdu, China: Gender, Age and the Built Environment”. Sustainability, 14, 40, Pp. 13389
2021
Jinzhao Yang, Yu Zhao, Jing Cao, and Chris P. Nielsen. 2021. “Co-Benefits of Carbon and Pollution Control Policies on Air Quality and Health till 2030 in China”. Environment International, 152, 106482
Jinzhao Yang, Yu Zhao, Jing Cao, and Chris P. Nielsen. 2021. “Co-Benefits of Carbon and Pollution Control Policies on Air Quality and Health till 2030 in China”. Environment International, 152, 106482