Something in the Air: A Four-Season Guide to our Health and the Weather

by Anthony R. Wood

Overview

Feel the change in your bones? From worsening arthritis pain to seasonal depression, discover why millions of people really are "under the weather" and learn science-backed solutions to take control of your health no matter what the forecast.

Your body is a living weather station, responding to every shift in temperature, pressure, and humidity. Drawing from groundbreaking research and decades of scientific investigation, veteran science journalist Anthony R. Wood reveals how seasonal changes impact everything from your joints and sinuses to your mood and immune system. Through vivid storytelling and interviews with leading researchers, Wood separates fact from folklore to explain:

• Why arthritis pain spikes before storms and what you can do about it
• How seasonal changes trigger asthma, allergies, and other respiratory conditions
• The real science behind Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) and vitamin D deficiency
• Evidence-based strategies to protect your health through all four seasons

Written by a four-time Pulitzer-nominated science journalist, Something in the Air transforms complex biometeorological science into practical wisdom for anyone who has ever felt their health fluctuate with the weather. Includes an essential appendix of CDC-backed recommendations for managing seasonal health conditions.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781633889965
Publisher:	Globe Pequot
Publication date:	04/15/2025
Pages:	260
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

In more than 35 years as a staff writer for The Philadelphia Inquirer, Anthony R. Wood has written on a broad menu of subjects, including taxes, dangerous coastal development, and the changing oceans. Wood has been nominated for Pulitzer Prizes four times, and has won numerous awards, including a National Association of Science Writers citation for his series on the Gulf Stream and a Society of Professional Journalists award for environmental writing.

He is the author of Snow: A History of the World’s Most Fascinating Flake, a treatise on the history, science and cultural impacts of snow. He writes frequently about weather and was the author of a popular series on biometeorology, and much of the material in Something in the Air is drawn from personal experience.