Author: Canem Ozyildirim
On March 8, an unseasonably sunny Sunday, approximately 50 students gathered in Dana Auditorium for the first in a series of lectures associated with the Global Health Symposium. Kristie Ebi, a renowned epidemiologist who has worked with numerous non-governmental organizations such as the World Health Organization (WHO), delivered a talk titled, "Where on Earth are we going?: Human health and climate change."
Ebi began by stating the severity of the current situation. "The global mean temperatures changed dramatically between 1860 and the present," she said. "The past 10,000 years were uniquely stable and this was crucial for the evolution of our ecosystems and societies. Today, the rate of climate change [is much faster]
Ebi Climate change affects global health
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