Poverty + Development
December 14, 2015
By Sabrina Tabernise for The New York Times.
Is climate change a serious threat to human health?
Simple logic would suggest the answer is yes, a point that the Obama administration is using to build support for the president’s effort to make climate change a centerpiece of his final months in office.
The areas that are suitable for ticks to colonize are changing.
A White House report listed deepening risks. Asthma will worsen, heat-related deaths will rise, and the number and traveling range of insects carrying diseases once confined to the tropics will increase.
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