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Interchange – Dan Ferber: Dealing with Climate Change

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Host William Morris welcomes science writer Dan Ferber to discuss, Changing Planet, Changing Health How the Climate Crisis Threatens Our Health and What We Can Do about It, a book that Dan recently co-authored with Paul R. Epstein, MD.  Dan shares his experiences in developing and researching the book, experiences which took him around the globe to look at emerging effects of the changing global climate.  Dan outlines and several ways in which global warming threatens human health.  These include erratic and unstable weather patterns, extended heat waves, the spread of infectious diseases, and a rise in crop diseases.  Fortunately, Dan also provides listeners with discrete steps that can be taken to curb – and even halt – an ominous forecast.

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