Climate change & preventive medicine, plus research highlights from our February issue
February 2022
Dear AJPM Reader,
The years since the arrival of the 21st century have been marked by the clearest signs yet of human-driven global climate change. According to NASA, the average surface temperature of our planet has risen 2.12 degrees Fahrenheit (1.18°C), with most of this increase occurring in the past 40 years. Similarly, weather-related disasters have increased five-fold in the last 50 years, per a World Meteorological Association report.
This month, we are featuring our Environmental Health & Climate Changearticle collection. We also wish to invite more research on the intersection of climate change and preventive medicine for submission to AJPM given its adverse and rapidly growing impact on human health and wellbeing.
Please consider submitting to AJPMon this important topic. We otherwise hope you find ourFebruary 2022 articles to be timely, topical, and informative.