2007Dec5: “Extreme weather changes have the biggest effect on the environment and on human health. It’s about heat waves, flooding, extreme storms – all of those affect human health and are related to climate change…just look at specific diseases can miss the broader picture. If you look at ecological systems, water systems, the extreme weather, the range of wildlife . . . or more profoundly everything that supports a health system, then you can see the linkages. Scope is really important when you look at this,” said Paul R. Epstein, associate director of the Center for Health and the Global Environment at Harvard Medical School (Boston Globe, 2007).
Reference: The Boston Globe. 2007. http://www.boston.com/news/science/articles/2007/12/05/a_tussle_over_link_of_warming_disease/
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This post is tagged 2000s Climate Change Events, 21st Century and Climate Change, Biodiversity, Climate Change Effects, Climate Change Research, Ecosystem Changes, Flooding, Health and Climate Change, Heat Waves, Migration and Climate Change, Spread of Disease, Water Stress, Weather Extremes, Wildlife Migration and Climate Change
