Psychologists explain our climate change anxiety

“Climate change is here; it’s happening,” seems to be the overwhelming sentiment after a summer of heatwaves and historic wildfires that now has, with barely a breath in between, slipped into an early fall marked by severe storms and deadly floods.

A MEMBER OF THE UNITED STATES COAST
GUARD IS SEEN REFLECTED IN THE WINDOW
 OF A HOUSE AS HE WADES THROUGH
 FLOOD WATERS FOR A WELLNESS CHECK ON
CITIZENS WHO CHOOSE TO STAY IN THEIR HOME
 IN THE AFTERMATH OF HURRICANE FLORENCE
 ON SUNDAY, SEPT 16, 2018 IN LUMBERTON, NC.

Hurricane Florence continues to devastate mid-Atlantic states while Typhoon Mangkhut takes a severe toll on China and the Philippines and has, for now, been named the world’s strongest storm this year. But before the wind and water there was the heat and fire.

Severe wildfires broke out around the world this summer, from the U.S. and Canada to Sweden and Greece. The heatwaves in Europe caused a glacier to melt and a river to evaporate, while wildfires in the western U.S. made the air hazardous to breathe.

Read the ThinkProgress story by Kyla Mandel - “Psychologists explain our climate change anxiety.”