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Our Health, Our Action, Our Planet—a Call to Action for Microbiologists To Engage in Climate Research

Year: 2021

Type: article

Abstract: Imagine a world where both the geographical distribution and incidence of plant, animal, and human pathogens have increased by several magnitudes compared to the COVID-19 pandemic because we failed to limit global temperature rise below 1.5°C of the preindustrial levels. In that world, we, humans, would suffer tremendously, and the altered environment could pose an existential threat to our species. Today, we are on the edge of that precipice and facing the last chance to prevent irreversible climate damages from occurring. Even though the world is still fighting the COVID-19 pandemic, the threats due to climate change require urgent and definitive actions from us now before it is too late.

Source: mBio

DOI: 10.1128/mbio.02502-21

Authors: Nguyen K. Nguyen, Arturo Casadevall

Institutions: American Society for Microbiology, Johns Hopkins University

Language: English

Topic: Climate Change and Health Impacts

Subfield: Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis

Field: Environmental Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDGs: Climate action, Good health and well-being

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $3,900