Blog 12: Climate Change

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  1. What do you personally find most troubling about climate change? I think the thing I find most troubling about climate change, is the lack of belief and action of individuals who have the most influence to enact change. Because of lies and an uncooperative  administration, climate change has resulted in so many different disasters just within the United States. Having an administration that rejects the idea or lacks any motivation to do anything about it is a very troubling scenario.  
  2. As a public health professional, what do you think needs the greatest attention right now? As a public health professional I think acknowledgement about climate change by the current administration is crucial. Not acknowledging that climate change is happening is a major barrier to getting any action or remediation plans enacted. I think getting support from all levels of government is crucial for the dissemination of attention throughout the United States. 
  3. 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? I would say "Climate Change can be a variety of things. If you think of the Earth like a human being, our body temperature is stable between 97.7–99.5 °F and any change to that leads to hypo or hyper thermia. Earth is the same way. The Climate is like Earth's temperature . If it gets too cold we can have an ice age, and we are experiencing what happens when it gets too hot. Lack of rain, increase in wild fires. Rising ocean temperatures, increase in hurricanes and dying of entire ecosystems (i.e., the coral reefs)."

Comments

  1. Daisy AlbarranNovember 14, 2018 at 5:36 AM

    Hi Kera,
    I think the analogy you made is great! It makes it easy to follow, especially for someone who has never heard of climate change before. I support your statement that we need our government to acknowledge climate change. By not recognizing climate change, people will continue to perpetuate their beliefs and actions which can potentially cause more damage to our environment. Thanks for sharing your thoughts!

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