Climate Change Could Spark Future Pandemics, Study Finds
https://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthart/...sh=5d8167205787
Robert Hart
Forbes Staff
Apr 28, 2022,01:28pm EDT

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TOPLINE

Global warming could fuel future pandemics by dramatically increasing the risk viruses will jump into humans from other animals, researchers warned Thursday, illuminating another hidden and far-reaching cost of the climate crisis.

Spillover events between species, especially bats, are more likely as temperatures increase, ... [+]

KEY FACTS

As the world gets warmer, many animals will be forced to find new places to live, taking any parasites and pathogens they carry along for the ride, researchers wrote in Nature.

The researchers examined how climate change could alter the geographic range of some 3,100 mammal species between now and 2070 and how this might affect the transmission of viruses between species.

Even under the most optimistic climate forecasts—less than 2°C warming—the researchers predict climate change will trigger at least 15,000 new instances of viruses crossing between species for the first time by 2070.-- excerpt, rest at link above --


I don't know about you, but it has the feel of a set-up to me.