Nonilex, 1 month ago to climate File under “Dr. Wenowdis” #ClimateChange raises the risks of another #pandemic As #humans degrade #earth’s #environment, we have created a world in which #diseases …fester & multiply. #Infection-spreading creatures like mosquitoes & ticks are thriving on a #planet warmed by… #FossilFuel #emissions. When #pollution, #hunting or #development push…organisms to #extinction, #parasites proliferate bc they have evolved to target the most abundant species. https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2024/05/08/climate-change-disease-pandemics/
File under “Dr. Wenowdis”
#ClimateChange raises the risks of another #pandemic As #humans degrade #earth’s #environment, we have created a world in which #diseases …fester & multiply. #Infection-spreading creatures like mosquitoes & ticks are thriving on a #planet warmed by… #FossilFuel #emissions. When #pollution, #hunting or #development push…organisms to #extinction, #parasites proliferate bc they have evolved to target the most abundant species. https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2024/05/08/climate-change-disease-pandemics/
Nonilex, 1 month ago And then there are the harms caused when #humans introduce #NonnativePlants & animals or #chemicals such as #herbicides & #fungicides to fragile #ecosystems. That exacerbates losses in #biodiversity that leave surviving populations more vulnerable to #illness, acc/to research published Wednesday in the journal Nature. #ClimateChange #Pandemic #Wenowdis https://youtu.be/2kQxVwYwrME?si=jkl648_I-mbQMWpv
And then there are the harms caused when #humans introduce #NonnativePlants & animals or #chemicals such as #herbicides & #fungicides to fragile #ecosystems. That exacerbates losses in #biodiversity that leave surviving populations more vulnerable to #illness, acc/to research published Wednesday in the journal Nature. #ClimateChange #Pandemic #Wenowdis https://youtu.be/2kQxVwYwrME?si=jkl648_I-mbQMWpv