Climate change is increasing risk to eye health in multiple ways. First, it is making the planet hotter—Earth’s average surface temperature in 2024 was the warmest on record .

Climate change and eye maladies Date: November 16, 2024 Source: University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus Summary: Clinical visits by patients suffering ocular surface eye conditions more ...

Another reason to worry about climate change: Expanding areas of arid land, air pollution, and greater exposure to ultraviolet (UV) radiation all present potential health hazards to your eyes ...

Climate change has disproportionately affected the poor and marginalised communities, and worsened inequities experienced in accessing eye health. Keep Reading COP26 a washout?

Eye health programmes in schools carried out by training teachers to impart knowledge about the adverse effect of climate change on eye health can also go a long way in making people aware.

Astigmatism (uh-STIG-muh-tiz-um) is a type of refractive error where one or more of the eye’s surfaces are not smooth and/or round. It is broadly classified into two types: regular and irregular.

In an opinion piece published in the open-access journal PLOS Climate, Jeremy Jacobs of Vanderbilt University and Shazia Khan ...

The health impacts of climate change are not inevitable. With bold leadership, innovative policies, and widespread collaboration, we can build a healthier, more resilient future.

Key points. Depression, anxiety, and anger are only a few of the devastating mental health effects of climate change. Eco-anxiety is a term used to capture feelings of stress and worry that result ...