Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻💻🧬<p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> is a <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/humanrights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>humanrights</span></a> issue<br>Well documented that runaway <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/carbondioxide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>carbondioxide</span></a>, <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/deforestation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>deforestation</span></a>, resource depletion and the acidification of the <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/oceans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oceans</span></a> have contributed to increased <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/heatwaves" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>heatwaves</span></a> and <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/megadroughts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>megadroughts</span></a>, more frequent and violent storms and unseasonable precipitation.<br>Simply put climate change poses clear threats to human life by exacerbating “existing medical conditions such as cardiovascular, respiratory and kidney conditions or mental illnesses and stress.”<br><a href="https://theconversation.com/climate-change-is-a-human-rights-issue-228156" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/climate-ch</span><span class="invisible">ange-is-a-human-rights-issue-228156</span></a></p>