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Mosquito-Borne Diseases Could Reach Extra ‘One Billion People’ as Climate Warms
By Daisy Dunne, Carbon Brief CC BY-NC 4.0 Nearly one billion people could face “their first exposure” to a host of mosquito-borne diseases by 2080 under extreme global warming, a study finds. Countries in Europe, including the UK, would be the most affected by the influence of extreme warming on diseases such as dengue fever,…
Continue reading →For a Flooded Midwest, Climate Forecasts Offer Little Comfort
By Shuang-Ye Wu, University of Dayton Flooding in the Midwest, triggered by an intense “bomb cyclone,” has devastated parts of the region, which has been plagued by flood events in recent decades. Floods are triggered by extreme rainfall events, often combined with ground conditions, such as saturated or frozen ground, that make it harder for…
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