CLIMATE CHANGE,YOUR HEALTH AND YOUR ANIMALS.

Climate change can be expected to boost the number of annual premature U.S. deaths from heat waves in coming decades and to increase mental health problems from extreme weather like hurricanes and floods, a U.S. study shows. Heat waves were estimated to cause 670 to 1,300 U.S. deaths annually in recent years. Premature U.S. deaths from heat waves can be expected to rise more than 27,000 per year by 2100, from a 1990 baseline, one scenario in the study said. The rise outpaced projected decreases in deaths from extreme cold. Extreme heat can cause more forest fires and increase pollen counts and the resulting poor air quality threatens people with asthma and other lung conditions. The report said poor air quality will likely lead to hundreds of thousands of premature deaths, hospital visits, and acute respiratory illness each year by 2030. Climate change also threatens mental health, the study found. Post traumatic stress disorder, depression, and general anxiety can all result in places that suffer extreme weather linked to climate change, such as hurricanes and floods. Cases of mosquito and tick-borne diseases can also be expected to increase, though the study, completed over three years, did not look at whether locally-transmitted Zika virus cases would be more likely to hit the United States. The increase of tick borne infections,coupled with heat waves will take a toll on animal health and food security. The El nino weather pattern has resulted in heat waves resulting in death of birds and livestock.The spate of heat wave resulting in deaths of birds in India; http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Heatwave-kills-millions-of-chickens-prices-soar/articleshow/47505757.cms All hands must be on deck to ensure a safer and conducive environment for man and other living forms.