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M12.9 Blog: Climate Change

M12.9 Blog: Climate Change

What do you personally find most troubling about climate change?

The most troubling thing about climate change is that our current political leaders do not believe in climate change. This means that there is very little being done to try and combat climate change. Despite scientific evidence, Trump believes the Earth will "cool again" He believes climate change will just reverse on its own. He even went so far as to state that humans are not really responsible for climate change, despite his own administration conducting and publishing the National Climate Assessment, which did show humans are to blame for climate change. I mean, it does not take a genius to know climate change is real. If we do not take steps now to combat climate change, it will affect (as it already has started to do) our environments, our health, our rainforests, our water sources, our wildlife, and much more. 
As a public health professional, what do you think needs the greatest attention right now?

I think the focus needs to be on disaster prevention, prep, and education. As climate change increases, there will be an increase in droughts, heat waves, stronger hurricanes, higher sea levels and much more. As we know, these natural disasters can greatly destroy communities, and kill many people, animals, crops, and plants etc. 

If you were visiting with a long-lost relative who had never heard about climate change, how would you describe it and its attendant human health and ecological threats?

Climate Change is an increase in temperature across the Earth's surface. It is due mainly to human's use of fossil fuels, which release carbon dioxide and greenhouse gases into the air. The gas traps heat, which can greatly impact the Earth's ecosystems. Climate change can have direct and indirect health consequences such as respiratory illness, infectious agents, overheating, and death. 


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