Tuesday, December 10, 2013

Global warming scaremongering is having devastating effects on mental health

According to the news this week, global warming scaremongering is having devastating effects on mental health, including in Australia, "where 25 per cent of kids 'honestly believe [the world] will come to an end before they get older," and in the US where 200 million Americans could be stressed out from the zero degrees global warming over the past 2 decades.

What Climate Change Does to Our Minds

By Geoff Dembicki, TheTyee.ca

...the mental impact of a warmer climate will likely be felt gradually. Look to Australia, where 25 per cent of kids "honestly believe [the world] will come to an end before they get older," one survey suggests.

...These are glimpses into a disorienting future. "Although they cannot be described with certainty," the American Psychological Association predicts, global warming's effects on our emotional well-being "are likely to be profound." No need to explain that to Rigolet's Melva Williams, though, for whom Skidoo exhaust triggers memories of a simpler childhood. "Whenever the cold is just right, the wind is just right, I happen to smell that smell again, it brings me right back to those happy times," she said.

The impacts of climate change aren't limited to changes in the environment. Researchers are beginning to learn how climate change may affect our mental health...
A report from the National Wildlife Federation estimated that 200 million Americans will be subject to stress due to climate change.

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