Are you a loser with no friends — blame climate change and buy a windmill! Poor Fiona Doherty, Assistant Professor of Social Work, may not have met anyone outside The Groupthink Blob to challenge her work and appears stuck at the pre-numerate stone age analysis stage. I’ve found that one of climate change’s most overlooked impacts may be its ability to worsen the continuing loneliness epidemic. Studies show the amount of time Americans spent interacting with friends and family in person was declining even before the COVID-19 pandemicAs usual everything is “climate change”. They’re also evidence of how climate change isn’t just changing the environments we all live in, but also impeding our ability to connect with one another.