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ArticleAmbio2026

A framework for assessing global health impacts of polar change: An urgent call for interdisciplinary research.

Netra Naik, Karol Bot, Gail Whiteman, Lora E Fleming, Karyn Morrissey, Richard Garth James Bellerby, Sam Dupont, Dmitry Yumashev, Susana Hancock, Brendan M Rogers and 2 more

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Article in Ambio, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Netra NaikArctic Basecamp Foundation, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Karol BotArctic Basecamp Foundation, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Gail WhitemanUniversity of Exeter Business School, Exeter, UK. g.whiteman@exeter.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4152-5538
Lora E FlemingEuropean Centre for Environment and Human Health in the University of Exeter Medical School, Penryn, Cornwall, UK.
Karyn MorrisseyDiscipline of Economics, J.E Cairnes School of Business and Economics, University of Galway, Galway, Ireland.
Richard Garth James BellerbyNorwegian Institute for Water Research, Bergen, Norway.
Sam DupontUniversity of Gothenburg, Göteborg, Sweden.
Dmitry YumashevSmall World Consulting, Lancaster, UK.
Susana HancockArctic Basecamp Foundation, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Brendan M RogersWoodwell Climate Research Centre, 149 Woods Hole Road, Falmouth, MA, 02540, USA.
Kristie L EbiUniversity of Washington, Center for Health and the Global Environment, 3980 15th Avenue NE, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA.
Joacim RocklövHeidelberg Institute of Global Health & Interdisciplinary Centre for Scientific Computing, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany.

Funding

Wellcome TrustWellcome Trust 228038/Z/23/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Research on the human health risks of climate change is expanding, yet the influence of polar region shifts on these risks remains underexplored. This paper presents a framework to assess global and regional health risks stemming from polar physical changes. The polar regions are experiencing rapid environmental transformations, including melting ice, ocean warming, ocean acidification, permafrost thaw, intensifying wildfires, and alterations to jet streams, ocean currents. These changes can amplify global risks, affecting human health even in distant regions. The paper identifies potential cascading impacts on health and well-being via drivers such as extreme weather, heat stress, air, water quality, food supply, safety, vector ecology, and sea-level rise. A scoping review was conducted by an international team of public health and polar experts to support thematic categorization of regional and global health risks. The paper advocates integrating these amplified risks into health impact assessments through interdisciplinary, international collaboration to inform future policy responses.

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Climate ChangeGlobal HealthInterdisciplinary ResearchHumansPublic HealthClimate tipping pointsGlobal health risksHealth frameworksPolar physical changesRegional health risks

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PMID41201544
PMCPMC12868344

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