Environmental stressors are viewed as pressures or dynamics that affect our ecosystems or processes resulting from human and associated activities. Environmental stressors may increase mental or emotional stress in our lives. There are many different potential causes of environmental stress, including extreme temperatures, loud noise, war, crime, large crowds and pollution. Environmental stressors can be … Read more
Exposure to harmful elements and toxic substances can affect human health. Some substances can damage your skin and internal organs (such as your heart, liver, kidneys and brain), cause asthma or other diseases, including cancer. Exposure to harmful substances can affect human health. How Do Harmful Elements and Chemicals Affect the Human Body? Harmful Elements … Read more
In psychology, environmental stress is defined as emotional, behavioral, cognitive, and negative subjective psychological responses to environmental stimuli. Environmental stressors are stimuli and factors in our environment that cause stress and strain. Some common environmental stressors are climate change, anthropogenic, ergonomic, biological, chemical stressors, etc. In environmental psychology, most research focuses on how various environmental stimuli … Read more
Environmental pollution has a cumulative effect on human health. Air pollution can cause respiratory problems such as allergies, asthma, eye and nose irritation and bronchial infections. Water pollution can cause gastrointestinal diseases, nausea, diarrhea, etc. Noise pollution has physical and psychological health consequences and can impair hearing ability. Polluted lands may contain hazardous chemicals, metals … Read more
Global warming and climate change are used interchangeably, but the term climate change is broader and more comprehensive, as it includes both global warming and its effects, such as changes in precipitation and impacts that vary by region. Global warming and climate change highlighted renewable energy challenges How Global Warming and Climate Change Affect Renewable … Read more
Sustainable development is the regulatory and organizing principle for achieving human development goals, while at the same time maintaining the capability of natural systems to provide ecosystem services and natural resources on which the society and economy depend. Importance of environmental sustainability for development Why is Environmental Sustainability Important for development? What is Sustainable Development? Sustainable development is a term used over … Read more
Environmental exposures early in life modify immune responses Environmental exposures early in life modify immune responses Introduction In the last decades, the prevalence of allergic diseases has increased a lot, which is generating enough financial and social burdens. Due to this, researchers are trying to find new approaches to the prevention and treatment of this … Read more
Climate-related disasters Claim: Children are highly vulnerable to climate-related disasters Recently, a study report has been published in a peer-reviewed open-access journal “PLOS Medicine”. In this report, researchers from Columbia University identified some specific challenges related to the impacts of climate change on 2.3 billion children worldwide and suggested ways to address their priority needs. They claimed that young children … Read more