It comes as no surprise that a recent study published in the Lancet reveals that climate change can be bad for the mental health and well being of young people. I’ll get to the study below, but first, what’s trending in recent climate news to generate climate dysphoria? SOUTH AMERICA IS EXPERIENCING A RECORD DROUGHT AND THE AMAZON IS DRYING UP. According to this story from the New York Times : A record-breaking drought that is well into its second year is punishing much of South America, including the Amazon rainforest…. Long sections of the Amazon River have turned into dry, brown beaches, and officials are dredging sections to make them deeper. The drought is fueled by two trends linked to climate change, said Carlos Nobre, a Brazilian scientist. First, a particularly strong El Niño weather pattern parched the region. While El Niños, a natural climate occurrence linked to warmer conditions in the tropical Pacific Ocean, have caused droughts for millions of years,...