The Weight of Nature - How a Changing Climate Changes Our Minds, Brains and Bodies

Drawing on six years of ground-breaking research, Aldern documents a burgeoning public health crisis that has gone largely unreported. Eco-anxiety, he shows us, is just the tip of the iceberg. The rapidly changing environment is directly intervening in our brain health, behaviour, decision-making and cognition in real time, affecting everything from spikes in aggravated assault to lower levels of productivity and concentration, to the global dementia epidemic. Travelling the world to meet the scientists and doctors unravelling the tangled connections between us and our environment, and reporting the stories of those who are already feeling these shifts most keenly, Aldern shows how a weary world is wearing on us.

Written in urgent and deeply moving prose, The Weight of Nature is a revelation, bringing to light the myriad ways the changing environment is changing our very humanity from the inside out.<>

About the author

Clayton Page Aldern is a neuroscientist turned environmental journalist whose work has appeared in the Atlantic, the Guardian, the Economist and Grist, where he is a senior data reporter. A Rhodes Scholar, he holds a master's in neuroscience and a master's in public policy from the University of Oxford. He is also a research affiliate at the Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology at the University of Washington.

Report

Elegant, convincingly argued ... a calm voice in a world of chaos ... impossible to ignore Philippa Nuttall New Statesman

Product details

• Authors: Clayton Aldern, Clayton Page Aldern
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 24.04.2025
• EAN: 9781802061109
• ISBN: 978-1-80206-110-9
• No. of pages: 336
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 15 mm
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Nature and society: general, reference works; SCIENCE / Global Warming & Climate Change, Climate Change, NATURE / Ecology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Neuroscience, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biology, PSYCHOLOGY / Neuropsychology, PSYCHOLOGY / Physiological Psychology, Physiological & neuro-psychology, biopsychology, Behavioural economics, Neurosciences, Physiological and neuro-psychology, biopsychology, Social impact of environmental issues, Human biology, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / Social & Behavioral