Health Effects of Extreme Weather and Environmental Justice: The Intersecting Peril of Planet and Its Inhabitants

Dear Colleagues,

The Anthropocene is marked by unprecedented alteration of the Earth’s natural systems. Climate change is one such alteration. Extreme weather events are a potent consequence with a host of direct and indirect impacts on the environment and public health for communities across the globe. This threat is exacerbated among vulnerable populations, including socioeconomically disadvantaged and minority communities. We invite scholarly articles that examine this important environmental health intersection of climate-change-related extreme weather and environmental justice. The selected papers will also be invited for oral presentation at the University of Miami Annual Climate and Health Symposium on 14–15 January 2022. The symposium will also provide travel and logistic awards to the selected presenters. The example topics of research for this Special Issue include:

• Nature and extent of the environmental health threats associated with extreme weathers, such as hurricanes, flooding, drought, and wildfires;
• Health disparities associated with extreme weather events;
• Strategies for preventing or mitigating health effects of extreme weather events;
• Use of retrospective data to predict communities vulnerable to the environmental health effects of climate-mediated extreme weather;
• Extreme weather mediated/modified health effects of environmental pollutants, e.g., severity and extent of the mortality and morbidity exacerbated due to an increase in environmental pollutants in the aftermath of hurricanes or wildfires or other natural disasters.

Dr. Naresh Kumar
Dr. Timothy J. Buckley
Guest Editors

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