Climate Change

"Climate Change" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Any significant change in measures of climate (such as temperature, precipitation, or wind) lasting for an extended period (decades or longer). It may result from natural factors such as changes in the sun's intensity, natural processes within the climate system such as changes in ocean circulation, or human activities.

Descriptor ID	D057231
MeSH Number(s)	G16.500.175.374
Concept/Terms	Climate Change Climate Change Change, Climate Changes, Climate Climate Changes

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Biological Sciences [G]
Biological Phenomena [G16]
Ecological and Environmental Phenomena [G16.500]
Climatic Processes [G16.500.175]
Climate Change [G16.500.175.374]

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Climate Change
Global Warming

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Bar chart showing 17 publications over 9 distinct years, with a maximum of 3 publications in 2023

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2010	1	0	1
2015	0	2	2
2016	2	0	2
2017	1	1	2
2020	1	1	2
2022	1	0	1
2023	1	2	3
2024	2	0	2
2025	2	0	2

Below are the most recent publications written about "Climate Change" by people in Profiles.

Vieira de Oliveira Salerno PR, Lewis PGT, Chen Z, Dazard JE, Ganatra S, Ahmed EN, Nasir K, Deo SV, Rajagopalan S, Al-Kindi S. Climate Vulnerability and Cardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic Disease in the United?States. J Am Heart Assoc. 2025 Jun 03; 14(11):e038251.

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Joseph HA, Lemon SC, Goins KV, Aytur SA, Zimmerman S, Alexander E, Brown C, Saha S, Schramm PJ. A Flexible Framework for Urgent Public Health Climate Action. Am J Public Health. 2025 Jul; 115(7):1062-1073.

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Matocq MD, Hunter EA, Murphy PJ, Adkins CL, Shoemaker KT. Asymmetric mate preference and reproductive interference mediate climate-induced changes in mate availability in a small mammal hybrid zone. Evolution. 2024 Oct 28; 78(11):1818-1830.

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Martyn-Nemeth P, Hayman LL. Climate Change and Cardiovascular Health. J Cardiovasc Nurs. 2024 Jul-Aug 01; 39(4):305-306.

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Walker RM, Sanabria VC, Youk H. Microbial life in slow and stopped lanes. Trends Microbiol. 2024 Jul; 32(7):650-662.

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Lemon SC, Joseph HA, Williams S, Brown C, Aytur S, Catalano K, Chacker S, Goins KV, Rudolph L, Whitehead S, Zimmerman S, Schramm PJ. Reimagining the Role of Health Departments and Their Partners in Addressing Climate Change: Revising the Building Resilience against Climate Effects (BRACE) Framework. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023 07 26; 20(15).

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Khraishah H, Ganatra S, Al-Kindi SG. Climate Change, Environmental Pollution, and the Role of Cardiologists of the Future. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2023 03 21; 81(11):1127-1132.

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Ganatra S, Dani SS, Al-Kindi SG, Rajagopalan S. Health Care and Climate Change: Challenges and Pathways to Sustainable Health Care. Ann Intern Med. 2022 11; 175(11):1598-1600.

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Grantham HS, Duncan A, Evans TD, Jones KR, Beyer HL, Schuster R, Walston J, Ray JC, Robinson JG, Callow M, Clements T, Costa HM, DeGemmis A, Elsen PR, Ervin J, Franco P, Goldman E, Goetz S, Hansen A, Hofsvang E, Jantz P, Jupiter S, Kang A, Langhammer P, Laurance WF, Lieberman S, Linkie M, Malhi Y, Maxwell S, Mendez M, Mittermeier R, Murray NJ, Possingham H, Radachowsky J, Saatchi S, Samper C, Silverman J, Shapiro A, Strassburg B, Stevens T, Stokes E, Taylor R, Tear T, Tizard R, Venter O, Visconti P, Wang S, Watson JEM. Anthropogenic modification of forests means only 40% of remaining forests have high ecosystem integrity. Nat Commun. 2020 12 08; 11(1):5978.

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Ragavan MI, Marcil LE, Garg A. Climate Change as a Social Determinant of Health. Pediatrics. 2020 05; 145(5).

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