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A scientific paper published in JAMA Network Open, part of the Journal of the American Medical Association, provides clear evidence that the exacerbation of air pollution and heat levels caused by climate change can have severely adverse effects on the unborn, specifically tied to premature births, underweight babies, and stillborn babies.
My first educational experience regarding the environment, and the steep hill of degradation it is evidently facing, was in AP Environmental Science during my senior year of high school. I remember particularly being enthralled by the documentary Chasing Coral (if you haven't seen it, it's on Netflix and totally worth viewing!) That year and the ones since I have been taught by society at large that if you support environmental protection, you are a liberal, and that others either believe climate change is a hoax or that the issue will resolve itself without human intervention.