Global Climate Change and Human Life

Sea levels are rising and oceans are becoming warmer. Longer, more intense droughts threaten crops, wildlife, and freshwater supplies. From polar bears in the Arctic to marine turtles off the coast of Africa, our planet’s diversity of life is at risk from the changing climate. This book presents an understanding of how climate is changing understanding how those changes may affect human health can inform decisions about mitigating (reducing) the amount of future climate change, suggest priorities for protecting public health, and help identify research needs. 

Print ISBN: 9781682508442 | $165 | 2023 | Hardcover

Subject: Environmental Science

Editor: Tingting Hu

About the Editor: Tingting Hu holds a Ph.D. in Environmental Studies. He has published more than fifty scientific articles in reputable journals and is an author and editor of numerous books. More recently his work pertains to adaptation to climate change, spatial responses of wine growing to climate change, the geographies of viticulture and wine, artificial intelligence and machine learning to predict patterns of natural processes, and disability as vulnerability to global warming-induced hazards in the Arctic.