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Air pollution, heat exposure, and the human consequences of environmental change.
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The human consequences of environmental change run through the systems we study — air pollution from energy and food production, heat exposure as the planet warms, and the cascading effects of drought, flooding, and fire. We estimate mortality and morbidity attributable to specific emissions sources and trade flows, identify which mitigation actions also produce the largest health co-benefits, and study how vulnerability is distributed across populations and geographies. The work treats health outcomes as a primary metric, not a downstream side effect.
FEATURED · Environmental Research Letters · 2025 · HEALTH · IMPACTS
Alicia Wongel, Lyssa M. Freese, Edgar Virgüez, Steven J. Davis, Ken Caldeira
Lower-income countries face the largest gap between extreme heat exposure and air conditioning access, widening as temperatures rise.
Nature · 2025 · HEALTH · MITIGATION · IMPACTS
Qiang Zhang, Yuexuanzi Wang, Qingyang Xiao, Guannan Geng, Steven J. Davis, Xiaodong Liu, Jin Yang, Jiajun Liu, Wenyu Huang, Changpei He, Binhe Luo, Randall V. Martin, Michael Brauer, James T. Randerson, Kebin He
One Earth · 2023 · CLIMATE · HEALTH · IMPACTS · MITIGATION
Jing Cheng, Dan Tong, Yang Liu, Guannan Geng, Steven J. Davis, Kebin He, Qiang Zhang
Environmental Science & Policy · 2023 · ENERGY · HEALTH · IMPACTS · MITIGATION
Jie Wang, Nicola Ulibarri, Tyler A. Scott, Steven J. Davis
Science · 2023 · HEALTH · CLIMATE · IMPACTS
Bo Zheng, Philippe Ciais, Frederic Chevallier, Hui Yang, Josep G. Canadell, Yang Chen, Ivar R. V. D. Velde, Ilse Aben, Emilio Chivieco, Steven J. Davis, Merritt Deeter, Choapeng Hong, Yawen Kong, Haiyan Li, Hui Li, Xin Lin, Kebin He, Qiang Zhang
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Science · 2023 · HEALTH · IMPACTS
Xin Huang, Ke Ding, Jingyi Liu, Zilin Wang, Rong Tang, Lian Xue, Haikun Wang, Qiang Zhang, Zhe-Min Tan, Congbin Fu, Steven J. Davis, Meinrat O. Andreae, Aijun Ding
Science bulletin · 2023 · HEALTH · CLIMATE · IMPACTS
Wenbin Kou, Yang Gao, Shaoqing Zhang, Wenju Cai, Guannan Geng, Steven J. Davis, Hong Wang, Xiuwen Guo, Wenxuan Cheng, Xinran Zeng, Mingchen Ma, Houwen Wang, Qiaoqiao Wang, Xiaohong Yao, Huiwang Gao, Lixin Wu
The Lancet Planetary Health · 2022 · HEALTH · CLIMATE · IMPACTS · MITIGATION
Yang Liu, Dan Tong, Jing Cheng, Steven J. Davis, Sha Yu, Brinda Yarlagadda, Leon E. Clarke, Michael Brauer, Aaron J. Cohen, Haidong Kan, Tao Xue, Qiang Zhang
Nature Climate Change · 2021 · HEALTH · ENERGY · IMPACTS · MITIGATION
Dan Tong, Guannan Geng, Qiang Zhang, Jing Cheng, Xinying Qin, Chaopeng Hong, Kebin He, Steven J. Davis
Nature Geoscience · 2021 · HEALTH · IMPACTS
Guannan Geng, Yixuan Zheng, Qiang Zhang, Tao Xue, Hongyan Zhao, Dan Tong, Bo Zheng, Meng Li, Fei Liu, Chaopeng Hong, Kebin He, Steven J. Davis
Environmental Research Letters · 2021 · HEALTH · IMPACTS
Susanne A. Benz, Steven J. Davis, Jennifer A. Burney
Nature Sustainability · 2020 · HEALTH · IMPACTS
Daoping Wang, Dabo Guan, Shupeng Zhu, Michael M. Kinnon, Guannan Geng, Qiang Zhang, Heran Zheng, Tianyang Lei, Shuai Shao, Peng Gong, Steven J. Davis
Nature Climate Change · 2020 · HEALTH · CLIMATE · IMPACTS
Chaopeng Hong, Qiang Zhang, Yang Zhang, Steven J. Davis, Xin Zhang, Dan Tong, Dabo Guan, Zhu Liu, Kebin He
National Science Review · 2020 · HEALTH · ENERGY · IMPACTS
Xin Huang, Aijun Ding, Jian Gao, Bo Zheng, Derong Zhou, Ximeng Qi, Rong Tang, Jiaping Wang, Chuanhua Ren, Wei Nie, Xuguang Chi, Zheng Xu, Liangduo Chen, Yuanyuan Li, Fei Che, Nini Pang, Haikun Wang, Dan Tong, Wei Qin, Wei Cheng, Weijing Liu, Qingyan Fu, Baoxian Liu, Fahe Chai, Steven J Davis, Qiang Zhang, Kebin He
Nature communications · 2019 · HEALTH · IMPACTS · MITIGATION
Hongyan Zhao, Guannan Geng, Qiang Zhang, Steven J. Davis, Xin Li, Yang Liu, Liqun Peng, Meng Li, Bo Zheng, Hong Huo, Lin Zhang, Daven K. Henze, Zhifu Mi, Zhu Liu, Dabo Guan, Kebin He
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2019 · HEALTH · CLIMATE · IMPACTS
Chaopeng Hong, Qiang Zhang, Yang Zhang, Steven J. Davis, Dan Tong, Yixuan Zheng, Zhu Liu, Dabo Guan, Kebin He, Hans J. Schellnhuber
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics · 2017 · HEALTH · IMPACTS · MITIGATION
Hongyan Zhao, Xin Li, Qiang Zhang, Xujia Jiang, Jintai Lin, Glen P. Peters, Meng Li, Guannan Geng, Bo Zheng, Hong Huo, Lin Zhang, Haikun Wang, Steven J. Davis, Kebin He
Science Advances · 2017 · HEALTH · IMPACTS
Omid Mazdiyasni, Amir AghaKouchak, Steven J. Davis, Shahrbanou Madadgar, Ali Mehran, Elisa Ragno, Mojtaba Sadegh, Ashmita Sengupta, Subimal Ghosh, C T. Dhanya, Mohsen Niknejad
Nature · 2017 · HEALTH · MITIGATION · IMPACTS
Qiang Zhang, Xujia Jiang, Dan Tong, Steven J. Davis, Hongyan Zhao, Guannan Geng, Tong Feng, Bo Zheng, Zifeng Lu, David G. Streets, Ruijing Ni, Michael Brauer, Aaron V. Donkelaar, Randall V. Martin, Hong Huo, Zhu Liu, Da Pan, Haidong Kan, Yingying Yan, Jintai Lin, Kebin He, Dabo Guan
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics · 2015 · HEALTH · IMPACTS · MITIGATION
H.Y. Zhao, Q. Zhang, D.B. Guan, S.J. Davis, Z. Liu, H. Huo, J.T. Lin, W.D. Liu, K.B. He
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2014 · HEALTH · MITIGATION · IMPACTS
Jintai Lin, Da Pan, Steven J. Davis, Qiang Zhang, Kebin He, Can Wang, David G. Streets, Donald J. Wuebbles, Dabo Guan
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