ecosystems

Climate change impacts well-being through psychological trauma

Climate change impacts well-being through psychological trauma

Climate change reverberates throughout ecosystems as well as the human body. The direct outcomes of climate change produce physical harm to individuals through natural disasters and the creation of inhospitable environments while also impacting individuals and communities’ well-being through a wide range of mental health effects. As the planet continues to warm, we become increasingly exposed to psychological trauma connected to the destruction of the natural world.