ISSN: 2044-9038 (Print) 2044-9046 (Electronic)

Clinical Practice

Climate-warming-Scientific Journals

Climate change is harming human health, and the magnitude of the harm is increasing. This is especially true in tropical and subtropical regions that are vulnerable to greater intensity, frequency, and duration of extreme weather, such as hurricanes, drought, and increases in heat, as a result of climate change. Nearly all countries situated in the geographic tropics are poor and therefore have fewer resources to adapt to impacts of climate change. Protecting the public’s health in these regions from serious-potentially catastrophic-harm associated with climate change requires coordinated response from tropical medicine and global health professionals and from leaders of civil society more broadly. Because articles in scientific journals are specific, meticulously cited and peer-reviewed, journal databases are the best place to look for information on previous research on your species. Without a background in the field, journal articles may be hard to understand - however, you do not need to understand an entire article to be able to get valuable information from it. There is currently widespread public misunderstanding about the degree of scientific consensus on human-caused climate change, both in the US as well as internationally. Moreover, previous research has identified important associations between public perceptions of the scientific consensus, belief in climate change and support for climate policy.    

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