Climate change to expose half of world's population to disease-spreading mosquitoes by 2050, study finds

Over the next 30 years, mosquito-borne diseases such as dengue, yellow fever and the Zika virus are on course to spread – posing a risk to half the world’s population, new research has revealed.

Climate change and modern travel are facilitating
 the spread of diseases around the world.

Two of the main disease-spreading mosquitoes – Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus – are forecast to significantly expand their range due to warming temperatures.

The models predict that by 2050, 49 per cent of the world’s population will live in places where these species are established if greenhouse gas emissions continue at current rates, and if they are not curbed, even greater areas will be at risk.

Read the story from the Independent by Harry Cockburn - “Climate change to expose half of world's population to disease-spreading mosquitoes by 2050, study finds.”