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When Mosquitoes Meet a Warming World: The Rising Risk of Disease
The Salton Sea in Southern California supports large populations of mosquitoes due to its warm climate and wetlands, which serve as ideal breeding grounds for mosquito-borne diseases. Photograph by Sherman Yang.

Essay

When Mosquitoes Meet a Warming World: The Rising Risk of Disease

From a childhood fear of the Zika virus during the 2015–2016 outbreak to a deeper understanding of how climate change and human activity drive the spread of mosquito-borne diseases.  

Michelle So

Traveling Planetary Health Exhibit Supports Healing in Healthcare Systems

Community Spotlight

Traveling Planetary Health Exhibit Supports Healing in Healthcare Systems

Thrive! Healthy People • Healthy Planet, is a traveling photography exhibition created for healthcare institutions, celebrating nature’s gifts rather than emphasizing its crises.

Cultural Performance as Ecological Healing in Kenya
Purity Busena, Co-Founder, Dream Hatch Kenya; Leader, Mazingira Community Drive Project

Community Spotlight

Cultural Performance as Ecological Healing in Kenya

In a session for Planetary Health in the Arts, Purity Busena shares the story of her work in Ikolomani, Kenya, to reconnect the community to land destroyed by artisanal gold mining through arts and performance.

Reimagining Urban Health through the Lens of Planetary Health
A bike path with trees lining the sides of it. Photograph by Paolo Gregotti.

Special Report

Reimagining Urban Health through the Lens of Planetary Health

At the Planetary Health Cities Symposium, global leaders reimagined urban life to better protect and restore the life-support systems essential to human survival.

Planetary Health Alliance and Johns Hopkins Institute for Planetary Health

Mongabay Documents Planetary Health from the Frontlines

Community Spotlight

Mongabay Documents Planetary Health from the Frontlines

Mongabay, a global environmental news platform and Planetary Health Alliance member organization, has launched a dedicated Pollutants Desk to uncover how plastics, chemicals, and other invisible contaminants threaten Planetary Health.

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