Climate Change and Diseases

Yale Universities Climate Connections
View In: Climate Change and DiseasesFrom COVID to Lyme disease to various fungal afflictions, climate change has already worsened over 200 infectious diseases. The post Climate change is increasing the risk of infectious diseases worldwide appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.

Yale Universities Climate Connections
View In: Climate Change and DiseasesWarmer temperatures, changes in precipitation, and extreme weather can all shift the distribution and risk of disease, researchers find.  The post More than half of infectious diseases may be aggravated by climate change appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.

Grist
View In: Climate Change and DiseasesFive illnesses spreading in a hotter world Via: @Snoro@mastodon.social

Grist
View In: Climate Change and Diseases“The coming decades will not only be hotter, but sicker.”

Common Dreams - Breaking News & Views for the Progressive Community
View In: Climate Change and Diseases“This is happening, it's not preventable even in the best case climate change scenarios, and we need to put measures in place to build health infrastructure to protect animal and human populations,” said the co-author of a new study.

Carbon Brief
View In: Climate Change and DiseasesMammals forced to move to cooler climes amid global warming are “already” spreading their viruses... The post Climate change ‘already’ raising risk of virus spread between mammals appeared first on Carbon Brief.