By 2080, Tropical Diseases Could Be Headed to Alaska
By 2080, Tropical Diseases Could Be Headed to Alaska
Science, Spoken · SpokenLayer
April 3, 20194m 19s
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Show Notes
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.
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