The world is already witnessing the consequences of human-caused climate change, including hotter temperatures, rising sea levels, and more frequent and severe storms. What’s harder to see are climate change’s effects on the spread of disease: on the mosquito that carries a virus, or the pathogenic bacteria on a piece of fruit.
A growing body of studies shows the link between climate change and the increasing threat of zoonotic diseases, or those transmitted from animals to humans.”
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