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On the hunt for climate disease

As climate change fuels disease, researchers must reinvent how to fight outbreaks. In Peru and the Amazon, AI and drones can identify dengue and malaria cases.
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As animals migrate because of climate change, thousands of new viruses will hop from wildlife to humans

As animals migrate because of climate change, thousands of new viruses will hop from wildlife to humans

“We can’t put this one back in the bottle,” said the researcher behind a recent study about the spread of zoonotic diseases.

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How diseases sweep through the sea

For marine mammals, viral and bacterial outbreaks are on the rise.

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Is the coronavirus connected to climate change?
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Is the coronavirus connected to climate change?

In a warmer world, disease outbreaks are more common and people are less able to fight them.
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Financial troubles jeopardize drinking water supply in Zimbabwe capital

The main drinking water plant for Harare resumed treating water after a two-day shutdown last week that exacerbated shortages in a capital city that is already reeling from drought.

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Tiny monsters in the sea

Warming ocean waters are an invitation to all sorts of pathogens with the potential to remake ocean life.

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