How do atmospheric conditions affect humans

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Pachauri and L. Meyer eds. PDF, 80 pp, 4. USDA Food System. Brown, M. Antle, P. Backlund, E. Carr, W. Easterling, M. Walsh, C. Ammann, W. Attavanich, C. Barrett, M. Bellemare, V. Dancheck, C. Funk, K. Grace, J. Ingram, H. Jiang, H. Maletta, T. Mata, A. Seasonal Affective Disorder occurs frequently among people who live under constant cloud cover or reduced sunlight in the winter. In people diagnosed with this disorder, depression usually sets in at the onset of fall and dissipates when the Earth cycles back to spring at their location.

Although SAD can affect most anyone, more women seem to experience this type of depression than do men. Symptoms include irritability, concentration issues, changes in sleeping and eating habits, lethargy and loss of interest in once enjoyable activities. The cure: sunlight, vitamin D or hours spent beneath light-therapy lamps. Weather and climate play a big role in the fruits and vegetables people eat. With limited growing seasons in some parts of the country, certain foods and vegetables are simply not growable and must be shipped from other states or countries.

Weather patterns also impact the ocean — more than people realize — and can affect fish populations, the fisherman who harvest them and the people who consume them.

Flood or drought conditions, as well as severe cold snaps and freezes, can wipe out entire crops. Most scientists and meteorologists posit that increased CO 2 and other greenhouse gases leaching into the atmosphere results in global warming, aka climate change, which many people often mistake as a simple increase in temperatures.

Scientists have linked climate change with extreme weather conditions that include floods and droughts, lightning-strike wildfires, unusual heat waves and changes in the jet streams that circle the Earth.

More CO 2 in the air could make staple crops like barley and soy less nutritious. Occupational hazards such as risk of heatstroke will rise, especially among farmers and construction workers. Hotter days, more rain, and higher humidity will produce more ticks, which spread infectious diseases like Lyme disease. Ticks could be in much of the eastern U. Trauma from floods, droughts, and heat waves can lead to mental health issues like anxiety, depression, and suicide.

More heat can mean longer allergy seasons and more respiratory disease. More rain increases mold, fungi, and indoor air pollutants. Mosquito-borne dengue fever has increased fold in the past 50 years.

Three-quarters of those exposed so far live in the Asia-Pacific region.