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Asthma and climate change: unveiling hidden vulnerabilities

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: Climate change is now firmly established as a determinant of respiratory health, with asthma among the conditions most sensitive to its shifting contours [1]. Rising temperatures and elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide drive longer, more intense pollen seasons [2], while extreme events such as wildfires, droughts, and storms degrade air quality. importantly, air quality and, consequently, respiratory health are also compromised by anthropogenic combustion processes (e.g., fossil fuel burning, vehicular traffic, industrial emissions), which generate pollutants directly responsible or both climate change and respiratory morbidity [3]. The result is a discernible rise in asthma exacerbations, articularly among children and women, whose vulnerability reflects both biological and social factors.

Source: Internal and Emergency Medicine

DOI: 10.1007/s11739-025-04176-y

Authors: Francesco Maria Galassi, Elena Varotto, Mauro Vaccarezza, Domenico Ribatti

Institutions: University of Łódź, The University of Adelaide, Flinders University, Curtin University, University of Bari Aldo Moro

Language: English

Topic: Climate Change and Health Impacts

Subfield: Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis

Field: Environmental Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDGs: Climate action, Good health and well-being

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $4,790