Climate change study ties warming temperatures to rising suicide risk

Important read. It shouldn't even be a debate whether climate change is human induced or not.  That said, Climate change IS depressing.  And it's scandalous that our schools aren't teaching young people about it in a sustained, critical way.  Simply teaching it can help youth feel more empowered and thusly armed with a greater sense of agency regarding what they can do about it.

-Angela Valenzuela

https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/23/health/climate-change-suicide-rates-study-intl-wxc/index.html

Climate change study ties warming temperatures to rising suicide risk

By Jacqueline Howard, CNN

Updated 11:42 AM ET, Mon July 23, 2018

(CNN)Scientists have cautioned that soaring climate temperatures around the globe could put our physical health at risk, such as with the spread of certain infectious diseases or food shortages.

Now, a new study sheds light on the possible mental health implications of climate change.

The study, published in the journal Nature Climate Change on Monday, suggests that when there are abnormally hot temperatures in a month, there also tend to be higher suicide rates for that month, compared with the suicide rate that occurs when the month has normal average temperatures.

Then, when using the data to make predictions, the study suggests that suicide rates in the United States and Mexico could rise with each 1-degree Celsius increase in a month's average temperature.  

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