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UnDisciplined: Americans may soon see a link between climate change and health problems

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Rising global temperatures are already impacting human health through increases in heat-related illnesses, worsening air quality, and extending the spread of infectious diseases. But a new survey suggests that most Americans haven’t yet felt this connection in their own lives or seen it in their own communities. That might be changing, though — and soon — according to a new report led by Julia Fine and Joshua Ettinger, researchers at the George Mason University Center for Climate Change Communication.

This episode uses audio from the following three UnDisciplined episodes: Heidi Honegger Rogers, Caroline Hickman and Tarik Benmarhnia.

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Matthew LaPlante has reported on ritual infanticide in Northern Africa, insurgent warfare in the Middle East, the legacy of genocide in Southeast Asia, and gang violence in Central America. But a few years back, something occurred to him: Maybe the news doesn't have to be so brutally depressing all the time. These days, he balances his continuing work on more heartbreaking subjects with his work on UnDisciplined — Utah Public Radio's weekly program on science and discovery.