YNTR: What Could Warming Mean for Pathogens Like Coronavirus?

You Need to Read Scientific American’s What Could Warming Mean for Pathogens Like Coronavirus? by Chelsea Harvey

While the current global COVID19 pandemic has not been linked to climate change, climate is expected to directly shift the spread of pathogens and disease. Exact impacts are hard to predict, but seasonality (flu), wildlife habits (for vector-borne diseases like malaria), and unstudied effects on human-to-human contagions are all possible results. “Research related to other illnesses suggest that the risk of pandemics is growing as rising temperatures ignite animal migrations and other changes.”

The impacts of climate change on the coronavirus are unknown, but research related to other illnesses suggest that the risk of pandemics is growing as rising temperatures ignite animal migrations and other changes.

 

As the Earth continues to warm, many scientists expect to see changes in the timing, geography and intensity of disease outbreaks around the world. And some experts believe climate change, along with other environmental disturbances, could help facilitate the rise of more brand-new diseases, like COVID-19.

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