The Holocene, the Anthropocene, climate change, and Catalyst

Those of us interested in climate change, its impacts and possible mitigation would have enjoyed tonight’s Catalyst program on ABC television.

Scientists claim that the Earth has shifted out of the Holocene state and into a new geological epoch.

Catalyst looks at how the last 60 years has transformed the human race into a geological force to rival nature and scientists and others are considering the Anthropocene.

Watch tonight’s episode.

The Holocene, the Anthropocene, climate change, and Catalyst

Those of us interested in climate change, its impacts and possible mitigation would have enjoyed tonight’s Catalyst program on ABC television.

Scientists claim that the Earth has shifted out of the Holocene state and into a new geological epoch.

Catalyst looks at how the last 60 years has transformed the human race into a geological force to rival nature and scientists and others are considering the Anthropocene.

Watch tonight’s episode.

The Health Impacts Of Climate Change Are Huge And Very Real

A woman in Les Cayes, Haiti, following the
passage of Hurricane Matthew.

Think of climate change, you probably think of melting polar ice caps, rising sea levels, crazy weather and environmental havoc. While the health of Planet Earth is usually the biggest factor, it's not often that the health of the human race enters significantly into the discussion.

A roundtable forum of public health leaders in Canberra hopes to change that, and to place health at the forefront of Australia's action on climate change.

The Climate and Health Alliance (CAHA), along with a number of healthcare and nursing groups, hosted the meeting of around 40 professionals in Parliament House. Assistant Health Minister Ken Wyatt, Shadow Health Minister, Catherine King, and Greens leader Richard Di Natale attended, hearing about how climate change is a "public health emergency", according to CAHA executive director Fiona Armstrong.

Read the Huffington Post story - “The Health Impacts Of Climate Change Are Huge And Very Real.”