The impacts of climate change are front and center. Rising temperatures, volatile weather events, and poor air quality affect our physical and mental health in dangerous new ways. From increasing the risk of infectious disease to amplifying emotional stress and anxiety—even the healthiest among us are at risk. Bonnie Schneider has tracked environmentally linked physiological impacts throughout her career as a Peabody Award-winning TV journalist, meteorologist, and founder of Weather & Wellness©—a platform that explores the connection between weather, climate change, and health.

In this episode, host Gil Jenkins speaks with Bonnie about her most recent book, Taking the Heat, How Climate Change Is Affecting Your Mind, Body, and Spirit and What You Can Do About It. In Taking the Heat, Bonnie provides crucial and practice advice from a broad range of science experts and medical professionals.
 

Links:

Bonnie Schneider Website

Weather and Wellness® Website

Bonnie Schneider LinkedIn

Bonnie Schneider Twitter

Taking the Heat: How Climate Change Is Affecting Your Mind, Body, and Spirit and What You Can Do About It

Article: I'm A Meteorologist & This Is How Climate Change Is Affecting Your Health, By Bonnie Schneider, Mind Body Green, April 4, 2022)

Article: ‘OK Doomer’ and the Climate Advocates Who Say It’s Not Too Late, The New York Times, March 22, 2022)

Episode recorded: April 7, 2022

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