Climate change raises concerns about disease spread

Sonia Altizer - she is
concerned about climate
and the spread of disease.

Climate change has many implications, but among the most least understood is the rising opportunity it brings for the spread of disease.

A recent Climate Desk report headed: “Climate Change boosts disease spread”, warned that we sometimes forget that one of consequence of climate change is the likely way for diseases to spread.

It notes, though, that the natural world offers stark reminders.

Sonia Altizer from the University of Georgia in the US, and her colleagues has urged that humans learn from the interactions in nature.

Writing in Science magazine, she argued that climate change is affecting the spread of disease worldwide.