[MCN] Extreme heat linked to climate change may adversely affect pregnancy

[Lance Olsen]

GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITYPublic Release: 8-Aug-2017
Extreme heat linked to climate change may adversely affect pregnancy

A systematic review links extreme heat exposure to changes in gestation length, birth weight, stillbirth and neonatal stress.

JOURNAL
Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
 <https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-08/gwu-ehl080817.php>GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY <https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-08/gwu-ehl080817.php>Public Release: 8-Aug-2017
Extreme heat linked to climate change may adversely affect pregnancy

A systematic review links extreme heat exposure to changes in gestation length, birth weight, stillbirth and neonatal stress.

JOURNAL
Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
http://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/14/8/853/htm <http://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/14/8/853/htm>

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"All organisms live within a limited range of body temperatures."

Hans O. Pörtner and Anthony P. Farrell. Physiology and Climate Change. 
SCIENCE 31 OCTOBER 2008
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“  … organisms have a physiological response to temperature, and these responses have important consequences."

Anthony I. Dell, Samraat Pawar and Van M. Savage, Temperature dependence of trophic interactions are driven by asymmetry of species responses and foraging strategy.
Journal of Animal Ecology 2013
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