Hoosiers’ Health in a Changing Climate: A Report from the Indiana Climate Change Impacts Assessment

Authors

Gabriel Filippelli, Indiana University Purdue University IndianapolisFollow
Melissa Widhalm, Purdue UniversityFollow
Rose Filley, Purdue UniversityFollow
Karen Comer, Indiana University Purdue University IndianapolisFollow
Gebisa Ejeta, Purdue UniversityFollow
William Field, Purdue UniversityFollow
Jennifer L. Freeman, Purdue UniversityFollow
Joe Gibson, Marion County Public Health DepartmentFollow
Stephen Jay, Indiana University Purdue University IndianapolisFollow
Daniel Johnson, IUPUI Center for Urban HealthFollow
Max Jacobo Moreno-Madriñán, Indiana University Purdue University IndianapolisFollow
Richard D. Mattes, Purdue UniversityFollow
Igor Ogashawara, Indiana University Purdue University IndianapolisFollow
Jeremy Prather, Mesh CoalitionFollow
Frank Rosenthal, Purdue UniversityFollow
Jeries Smirat, Indiana University Purdue University IndianapolisFollow
Yi Wang, Indiana University Purdue University IndianapolisFollow
Ellen Wells, Purdue UniversityFollow
Jeffrey Dukes, Purdue UniversityFollow

Description

In the coming decades, Indiana’s changing climate will bring with it higher temperatures, longer heat waves, more extremely hot days and more frequent extreme storm events. Those changes will affect the health of Hoosiers in every part of the state. This report from the Indiana Climate Change Impacts Assessment (IN CCIA) describes historical and future climate-related health impacts that affect Hoosiers.

Keywords

Indiana, climate, climate change, health, health impacts, air pollution, pollen, flooding, disease

Sponsoring Organization

Purdue Climate Change Research Center

Date of this Version

2018

DOI

10.5703/1288284316636

Recommended Citation

Filippelli, Gabriel; Widhalm, Melissa; Filley, Rose; Comer, Karen; Ejeta, Gebisa; Field, William; Freeman, Jennifer L.; Gibson, Joe; Jay, Stephen; Johnson, Daniel; Moreno-Madriñán, Max Jacobo; Mattes, Richard D.; Ogashawara, Igor; Prather, Jeremy; Rosenthal, Frank; Smirat, Jeries; Wang, Yi; Wells, Ellen; and Dukes, Jeffrey, "Hoosiers’ Health in a Changing Climate: A Report from the Indiana Climate Change Impacts Assessment" (2018). Health Reports. Paper 1.
http://dx.doi.org/10.5703/1288284316636