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Letter: Defining the impact of ecocide on our minds

Published 17 April 2024

From Paul Fink, Natalia, Texas, US

Eco-anxiety is a new concept, but it is closely linked to another known as solastalgia, which The Lancet included in 2015 as a term related to the impact of climate change on human well-being. It defines the set of psychological conditions that occur in a population after destructive changes in their territory, whether as a result of human activities or the climate (6 April, p 36).

Issue no. 3487 published 20 April 2024

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