Tony McMichael. Photo by Belinda Pratten.
Without immediate action to combat human-induced climate change, we're not only risking the health of our planet, but also ourselves. SIMON COPLAND reports. Tony McMichael is issuing a warning: not only will the changing climate affect our planet - killing our coral reefs and melting polar ice - it will also have serious impacts on human health. If we don't learn from our past, and take action immediately, the future consequences could be devastating. "The effects of climate changes in the past are really just a small taste of what we could expect to happen in the coming century," says McMichael, a researcher at the National Centre for Epidemiology and Population health, part of the ANU College of Medicine, Biology and Environment. It's safe to say that McMichael knows what he's talking about. The world-leading epidemiologist was looking at the effects of climate change long before it was a hot topic.
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