Plastic Is a Global Health Crisis Hiding in Plain Sight
“Despite being one of the most pervasive materials on the planet, plastic and its impact on human health is poorly understood,” says the recent...
Health Professionals Step Up To Tackle the Climate Crisis
“We have a serious addiction problem. Fossil fuels are so integral to our modern world that we equate their use with our “way of...
In the Age of Eco-Anxiety, Adults Can Proxy Vote for Youth
Eco-anxiety and climate grief may very well be the new mental health crisis. Millions of young people around the world are struggling with real...
The Latest IPCC Report Is A Mental Health Minefield
"There is a tragedy unfolding in the face of overwhelming evidence of its dangers," writes Kevin Taft in Oil's Deep State. Given the depth...
Climate Actions For Your Kids and Grandkids
Children all over the world are asking oodles of questions about climate change. Unlike their parents who did not have to face such an...
Can Improving Our Diets Suppress COVID-19?
Being healthy is a strong determinant of who will get infected by COVID-19 and who will not. The benefits of good physical and mental...
Humans Can’t Be Healthy On A Sick Planet
Below2C welcomes Elaine Blacklock as its latest guest contributor. Elaine is first and foremost a practicing physician. She is also Dr. Air Care, a...
The Trifecta of the Pandemic – COVID-19, Unemployment, Heat
The number of COVID-19 cases is surging in the U.S. Summers are getting hotter because of climate change. And then add record unemployment levels....
The Law of Karma Throws Pandemics Right Back At Us
In her recent article published in Health Journal, Ellen Moyer claims that not only was COVID-19 created by humans but it's also nature's payback for...
Corona and Climate: One’s Happening In Real Time, One in Deep Time
The way we are tackling the corona crisis is a rehearsal for how we might deal with the climate crisis which is just on...