Changing planet, changing health : how the climate crisis threatens our health and what we can do about it

Changing planet, changing health : how the climate crisis threatens our health and what we can do about it /

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"Climate change is now doing far more harm than marooning polar bears on melting chunks of ice--it is damaging the health of people around the world. Brilliantly connecting stories of real people with cutting-edge scientific and medical information, Changing Planet, Changing Health brings us to...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Epstein, Paul R.
Other Authors: Ferber, Dan
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, ©2011.
Subjects:
Climatic changes > Health aspects.
Medical climatology.
Climatic changes.
Public health.
Biotic communities.
Climate Change
Public Health
Carbon Footprint > economics
Ecosystem
climate change.
public health.
SCIENCE > Earth Sciences > Meteorology & Climatology.
MEDICAL > Infectious Diseases.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > Contagious.
Public health
Climatic changes
Biotic communities
Climatic changes > Health aspects
Medical climatology
Climate change > Health aspects.
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Table of Contents:
  • Mozambique
  • The mosquito's bite
  • Sobering predictions
  • Every breath you take
  • Harvest of trouble
  • Sea change
  • Forests in trouble
  • Storms and sickness
  • The ailing Earth
  • Gaining green by going green
  • Healthy solutions
  • Of rice and tractors
  • Rewriting the rules.

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