Exposure to Multiple Extreme Climate Events During Pregnancy May Have a Cumulative Effect on Child Brain Development

Exposure to multiple extreme climate events during pregnancy may have a cumulative effect on child brain development

A study, published in PLOS One, reveals that prenatal exposure to extreme climate events, particularly when combined with extreme heat, appears to rewrite critical emotion regulation centers in the developing brain. 

Climate Change Warps Brains in the Womb, Scientists Discover

Welcome back to the Abstract! This week, it’s time for a walk in the woods. These particular woods have been dead and buried for centuries, mind you, but they still have a lot to say about the tumultuous events they experienced across thousands of years.Then: exposure to climate change starts in the womb; CYBORG TADPOLES; get swole with this new dinosaur diet; the long march of an ancestral reptile; and, finally, pregaming for science. The saga …