How a warming Earth is changing our brains, bodies and minds | Aeon Essays
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How a warming Earth is changing our brains, bodies and minds | Aeon Essays
Climate crisis is also a crisis of culture, and thus of the imagination. – Amitav Ghosh, Author.
At some think tank somewhere, guys with pocket protectors and knotted brows are asking their computer models questions like: “If global carbon emissions peak by 2030 and sea-level rise is 1.6 meters by 2050, how many people along the Eastern Seaboard are likely to drown in storm surges, and what will the effect be on national GDP to relocate the re
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It is a cliché to note that the personal is the political, but in an era when scientists, corporations, and governments are learning to hack the human brain, this truism is more sinister than ever.
Yuval Noah Harari • 21 Lessons for the 21st Century
Cerebral activity in the prefrontal area of the brain, the part involved in executive functions, decision-making and other complex cognitive processes, may be reduced.12 Your body may produce lower levels of cortisol, which is released to help the body respond to stress.13