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 ...

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.

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

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.

Climate change has already made pollen seasons in the United States and Canada worse, a new study of almost three decades’ worth of data has revealed. The pollen seasons are getting longer and ...