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Evidence is mounting that human disruptions to natural ecosystems are raising risks of disease spread, according to a new study. As humans degrade Earths environment, we have created a world in which diseases may be increasingly apt to fester and multiply. Infection-spreading creatures such as mosquitoes and ticks are thriving on a planet warmed by a blanket of fossil fuel emissions. When pollution, hunting or development push rare organisms to extinction, parasites proliferate because they have evolved to target the most abundant species.

How climate change is raising the risks of another pandemic

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