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Humans can be infected from a bite of a mosquito that has previously bitten an infected bird. ...
Figure 3.3: Projected Change in Ozone-related Premature Deaths
... Each year (2000 and 2030) is represented by 11 years of modeled data. Ozone-related premature deaths were calculated using the risk ...
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Nursing students and faculty at Emory University School ofNursing in Atlanta, Georgia volunteering to give checkups inmigrant workers’ camps, June 12, 2006.
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Indigenous deckhand pulls in net of geoducks near Suquamish,Washington, January 17, 2007. Traditional foods ...
Figure ES3: Projected Changes in Deaths in U.S. Cities by Season
... 209 U.S. cities examined, using the GFDL–CM3 and MIROC5 climate models (see Ch. 2: Temperature-Related Deaths and Illness). (Figure ...
Figure 6.6: Projected Changes in Caribbean Gambierdiscus Species
... or reconstructed for buoy sites in the western Gulf of Mexico, Yucatan channel, and eastern Caribbean Sea. These data were then ...
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Persons with disabilities often rely on medical equipment (suchas portable oxygen) that requires an uninterrupted source ofelectricity.
Figure 1.1: Major U.S. Climate Trends
Major U.S. national and regional climate trends. Shaded areas are the U.S. regions defined in the 2014 NCA. ...
Low Water Conditions on Mississippi River near St. Louis, MO, on December 5, 2012
... 5, 2012. Photo source: St. Louis District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. ...
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Water-related contamination of shellfish may reduce consumption and contribute to loss of tribal cultural practices tied to shellfish harvest. ...
Figure 5.5: Incidence of West Nile Neuroinvasive Disease by County in the United States
Maps show the incidence of West Nile neuroinvasive disease in the United States for 2010 through 2013. ...
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... reacts after firefighters arrive to take over the protection of his home and two of his neighbors' homes in Rim Forest, California, October 3, 2003. ...
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Many medications used to treat a variety of mental health disorders interfere with temperature regulation and heat ...
Key Finding 3: Changing Tolerance to Extreme Heat
An increase in population tolerance to extreme heat has been observed over time [Very High Confidence]. Changes in this tolerance have been associated with increased use of air conditioning, improved social responses, and/or physiological ...
Figure 9.4: Mapping Social Vulnerability
... interactive web map shows the overall social vulnerability of the U.S. Southwest in 2010. The SVI provides a measure of four social vulnerability elements: socioeconomic status; household ...
Figure 1.3: Projected Changes in Temperature and Precipitation by Mid-Century
... pathway projects an average global temperature increase of 5.2°F in 2100 over the 1901–1960 global average temperature (the RCPs are ... statistically significant (95% confidence) in small portions of the Northeast, as indicated by the hatching. (Figure source: adapted from ...
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