Climate Change Helps Spread Deadly Diseases
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On Tuesday, the Wildlife Conservation Society said that increases in climate change may actually help spread deadly infectious diseases. The main diseases which the society is most concered about, nicknamed the "deadly dozen", are as follows: avian flu (bird flu), tick-borne babesia, cholera, ebola, parasites, plague, lyme disease, red tides of algal blooms, Rift Valley fever, sleeping sickness, tuberculosis and yellow fever.
Steven Sanderson, head of the society said, "The term 'climate change' conjures images of melting ice caps and rising sea levels that threaten coastal cities and nations, but just as important is how increasing temperatures and fluctuating precipitation levels will change the distribution of dangerous pathogens,"
The U.N. Climate Panel has stated the greenhouse gas emissions, caused mostly by the use of fossil fuels, are raising temperatures and will disrupt several weather patterns across the globe.
Steven Sanderson, head of the society said, "The term 'climate change' conjures images of melting ice caps and rising sea levels that threaten coastal cities and nations, but just as important is how increasing temperatures and fluctuating precipitation levels will change the distribution of dangerous pathogens,"
The U.N. Climate Panel has stated the greenhouse gas emissions, caused mostly by the use of fossil fuels, are raising temperatures and will disrupt several weather patterns across the globe.
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