The Weight of Nature, How a Changing Climate Changes Our Brains

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by Clayton Page Aldern · 2024

A nonfiction work examining how climate change and environmental stressors affect the human brain, behavior, and mental health. Drawing on neuroscience, environmental science, and reporting, Clayton Page Aldern argues that a warming planet is also a public-health crisis affecting cognition and emotional well-being.

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Climate change is reshaping how brains remember and behave
The episode connects gradual environmental disruption to cognition, disease risk, aggression, and mental health without minimizing the uncertainty or the stakes.
Aug 25, 2026 · 49 min

1 episode featuring The Weight of Nature, How a Changing Climate Changes Our Brains

Climate change is reshaping how brains remember and behave