Hugh Montgomery
CanadascientistMale7.0Global Dominance: 0.01%Hugh Montgomery is a prominent scientist and the director of the Centre for Human Health and Performance at University College London. He is known for his research on the impacts of climate change on health and has contributed to significant scientific reports, including the 2024 report on health and climate change published in The Lancet. Montgomery has raised alarms about the potential for a mass extinction event driven by human activity, suggesting it could be the largest and fastest the planet has ever experienced. His recent presentation at the Forecasting Healthy Futures Global Summit in Rio de Janeiro emphasized the urgent need for drastic reductions in greenhouse gas emissions to prevent catastrophic climate scenarios.
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Hugh Montgomery is a professor of intensive-care medicine at University College London who explained the dangers of high humidity during heat waves.
Europe struggling under deadly heat wave with high humidityCanada· 2026-06-23
Hugh Montgomery is a professor of intensive medicine who led a study on human reactions to low oxygen levels during an Everest expedition.
"Punim gasom" na Everest
Montenegro· 2025-06-02
Hugh Montgomery warned about the risk of a new mass extinction due to climate change effects.
‘Más grande y rápida que la que el planeta haya visto’
Colombia· 2025-04-14Hugh Montgomery is the director of the Centre for Human Health and Performance at University College London and has warned about the risk of a new mass extinction due to climate change.
‘maior e mais rápida que o planeta já viu’
Brazil· 2025-04-13