Theodoros Economou

The work by Theodoros Economou from Climate and Atmosphere Research Center (CARE-C), The Cyprus Institute, Cyprus and his colleagues* on ‘Quantifying the synergy of environmental stressors on human mortality‘ did consider  the compound effects of heat and air pollution on mortality.

The authors took a novel approach to investigate a growing societal problem in this study, also reflecting the conference theme of ‘Europe and droughts: Hydrometeorological processes, forecasting and preparedness‘, and  informs on strategies for combating these environmental stresses.

*Daphne Parliari (Laboratory of Atmospheric Physics, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece),  Jonilda Kushta (also (CARE-C, Cyprus) and Jos Lelieveld (CARE-C, Cyprus and Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany).​