Sleep and the human impacts of climate change

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Empirical evidence of mental health risks posed by climate change

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The case for systems thinking about climate change and mental health

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Nighttime temperature and human sleep loss in a changing climate

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Nonlinear permanent migration response to climatic variations but minimal response to disasters

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Climate change may alter human physical activity patterns

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Impacts of temperature and its variability on mortality in New England

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Temperature and high-stakes cognitive performance: Evidence from the national college entrance examination in China

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Climate change and sleep: A systematic review of the literature and conceptual framework

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Reduced cognitive function during a heat wave among residents of non-air-conditioned buildings: An observational study of young adults in the summer of 2016

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Weather impacts expressed sentiment

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Changes in Susceptibility to Heat During the Summer: A Multicountry Analysis

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Climate change may speed democratic turnover

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Effects of environmental stressors on daily governance

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Temperature and High-Stakes Cognitive Performance: Evidence From The National College Entrance Examination in ChinaPreprint

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Temperature and High-Stakes Cognitive Performance: Evidence from the National College Entrance Examination in ChinaPreprint

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The 2024 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: facing record-breaking threats from delayed action

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Rising temperatures erode human sleep globally

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Negative emotions about climate change are related to insomnia symptoms and mental health: Cross-sectional evidence from 25 countries

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Climate Change and Mental Health

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Climate Change and Children’s Mental Health: A Developmental Perspective

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A systematic review of ambient heat and sleep in a warming climate

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Mapping the energy poverty: A case study based on the energy performance certificates in the city of Bologna

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Heatwave exposure in relation to decreased sleep duration in older adults

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Effects of Medications on Heat Loss Capacity in Chronic Disease Patients: Health Implications Amidst Global Warming

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Climate warming may undermine sleep duration and quality in repeated-measure study of 23 million records

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The need to study the role of sleep in climate change adaptation, mitigation, and resiliency strategies across the life course

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Risk of a feedback loop between climatic warming and human mobility

Obradovich, N., & Rahwan, I. (2019) · Journal of The Royal Society Interface · doi:10.1098/rsif.2019.0058 · Cited by 23 · see citing works

Climate change anxiety and sleep problems in the older adults

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The impact of different types of extreme temperature events on mental disorders: A case-crossover study in Anhui Province, China

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Climate Anxiety in Perspective: A Look at Dominant Stressors in Youth Mental Health and Sleep

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Thoughts about the Thermal Environment and the Development of Human Civilisation

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Ambient heat and human sleepPreprint

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A systematic review on the impact of climate change on occupational mental health: a focus on vulnerable industries

Tang, W. S. W., & Ho, C. S. H. (2025) · Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology · doi:10.1007/s00127-025-02936-x · Cited by 7 · see citing works

Insomnia mediates the longitudinal association between loneliness and burnout among nurses

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High temperature and mental health in 3.3 million adults living in Barcelona metropolitan area: a 12-year time series analysis of primary care data

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A wake-up call for a global climate and sleep task force

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Effect of climate-driven childhood sleep erosion on potential regional economic inequality

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Climate Change and Mental Health from a Developmental and Life Course Perspective

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Climate change and mental health risks

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Developing a Personalized Occupational Heat Exposure Index

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Perceived indoor temperature extremes are associated with sleep health among women in the United StatesPreprint

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Heat Stress in relation to Sleep Health among FarmersPreprint

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