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Twitter LinkedIn Climate hazards such as flooding, heat waves and drought have worsened more than half of the hundreds of known infectious diseases in people, including malaria, hantavirus, cholera and anthrax, a study says. Twitter LinkedIn

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Twitter LinkedIn Increases in three climate factors—temperature, rainfall, and ocean warming—can predict mosquito population growth in Sri Lanka for the next one to six months, according to a new study. Twitter LinkedIn

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Twitter LinkedIn According to a new report released by the InterAcademy Partnership (IAP), climate change is threatening the health of billions of people worldwide through a range of both direct and indirect pathways, including heat-related mortality and morbidity, extreme weather…

Twitter LinkedIn The consensus among scientists is that we are in an era of global heating and extreme weather events, primarily due to the devastating effects of human action on the environment. Why are researchers concerned, and what are the…

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Twitter LinkedIn A popular idea to soften the blow of global warming might also make the world’s malaria problem even worse. Twitter LinkedIn