| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 355 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| 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 |
| Summary |
"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"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-346) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Climatic changes -- Health aspects
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Medical climatology.
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Climatic changes.
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Public health.
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Biotic communities.
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Climate Change
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Public Health
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Carbon Footprint -- economics
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Ecosystem
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climate change.
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public health.
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SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Meteorology & Climatology.
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MEDICAL -- Infectious Diseases.
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- Contagious.
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Public health
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Climatic changes
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Biotic communities
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Climatic changes -- Health aspects
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Medical climatology
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SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Meteorology & Climatology.
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Climate change -- Health aspects.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Ferber, Dan
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| LC no. |
2010051311 |
| ISBN |
9780520948969 |
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0520948963 |
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1283278030 |
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9781283278034 |
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