Changing planet, changing health : how the climate crisis threatens our health and what we can do about it
"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 places like Mozambique, Honduras, and the United States for an eye-opening on-the-ground investigation of how climate change is altering patterns of disease. Written by a physician and world expert on climate and health and an award-winning science journalist, the book reveals the surprising links between global warming and cholera, malaria, lyme disease, asthma, and other health threats. In clear, accessible language, it also discusses topics including Climategate, cap-and-trade proposals, and the relationship between free markets and the climate crisis. Most importantly, Changing Planet, Changing Health delivers a suite of innovative solutions for shaping a healthy global economic order in the twenty-first century"--Résumé de l'éditeur
Print Book, English, ©2011
University of California Press, Berkeley, ©2011
xii, 355 p. : ill., cartes ; 24 cm
9780520269095, 0520269098
777928798
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