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A "deadly dozen" diseases ranging from avian flu to yellow fever are likely to spread more because of climate change, the Wildlife Conservation Society said on Tuesday. "Even minor disturbances can have far reaching consequences on what diseases (wild animals) might encounter and transmit as climate changes." http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/news/...te-health.h tml

Isn't it because we 'need' to travel to exotic countries and bring back pathogens as a bonus? FTA:"Among phrases, people said they were "under the weather" when ill, he noted." Yeah, back in those days they thought one could get a cold because of the cold weather. Hence, "under the weather". Must be a slow news day for the NYTimes.

Pandemic diseases As I posted earlier, millions of dollars are being foolishly spent trying to prevent a naturally occurring phenomenon when it should be spent on projects to protect the public from water shortages, increased flooding, more powerful storm systems, seismic events and fire storms. Pandemic diseases will develop and species disappear. The next ...

Pandemic diseases As I posted earlier, millions of dollars are being foolishly spent trying to prevent a naturally occurring phenomenon when it should be spent on projects to protect the public from water shortages, increased flooding, more powerful storm systems, seismic events and fire storms. Pandemic diseases will develop and species disappear. The next pandemic disease could be Lyme ...

I agree. Adaption is where things are at right now. Stopping this thing sailed long ago.

Not only faster, but possibly further. One of the established facts of ecology is that, closer to the Equator there is a higher diversity of species. But this higher biodiversity of the tropics is true not only of plants and animals of the rainforest, but also the potentially pathogenic (and other) micro-organisms. So, in a scenario of sufficient warming (which would be the functional ...