The consequences that come with deforestation affect everything from nutrition to infections. Many experts believe disease emergence is connected to the integrity of the forests. “Trees buffer air pollution, so they can absorb the air pollution that we know makes people sick,” said Ari Bernstein, with the Harvard T.H.
Chan School of Public Health. “They can cool down cities, and cities are warmer than their surrounding areas because they’ve been paved over, and that’s a big deal because climate change is making heat waves much more dangerous.” He went on to say that nature is really trying to tell us something, and we need to work on making sure we acknowledge and understand that our health is not just about the foods we eat and the