Physicians: Get Ready for Climate Change

Until recently, climate change was a problem that occurred elsewhere. Out of sight, out of mind. But with fires raging in 3.1 million acres in the western U.S. and five tropical cyclones brewing in the Atlantic Ocean, the dangers of climate change are coming into sharp focus, even for those in the global north. Be it directly or indirectly, climate change is a problem that will plague all of us, no matter where we live or what we do.