EPISODE · Apr 3, 2019 · 4 MIN
By 2080, Tropical Diseases Could Be Headed to Alaska
from Science, Spoken · host WIRED
This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Nearly a billion people could be newly at risk of tropical diseases like dengue fever and Zika as climate change shifts the range of mosquitoes, according to a new study. Since the life cycle of mosquitoes is temperature sensitive, scientists have long been concerned about how their prevalence might spread as the world continues to warm. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Nearly a billion people could be newly at risk of tropical diseases like dengue fever and Zika as climate change shifts the range of mosquitoes, according to a new study. Since the life cycle of mosquitoes is temperature sensitive, scientists have long been concerned about how their prevalence might spread as the world continues to warm. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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By 2080, Tropical Diseases Could Be Headed to Alaska
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