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Stanford University | 2019

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A little-known virus could become the next global pandemic

An outbreak of Nipah in South India renewed interest in the virus, which has a mortality rate of up to 70 percent and has no vaccine or cure. Changes in temperature have been linked to the virus's spread from bats to humans.

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Read more A little-known virus could become the next global pandemic An outbreak of Nipah in South India renewed interest in the virus, which has a mortality rate of up to 70 percent and has no vaccine or cure. Changes in temperature have been linked to the virus's spread from bats to humans.

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8 Environmental Factors that Affect Health

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8 Environmental Factors that Affect Health

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Regis College

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8 Environmental Factors that Affect Health | Regis College Online

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Environmental factors that affect health include air, water, and chemical pollution; climate change; microbial disease; health care access; and infrastructure.

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Two Minutes on Oceans w/ Jim Toomey: Wastewater

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Two Minutes on Oceans w/ Jim Toomey: Wastewater

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Jim Tooney |  2014

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Two Minutes on Oceans w/ Jim Toomey: Wastewater

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UCAR

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Climate Change and Vector-Borne Disease | Center for Science Education

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Vector-borne diseases are transmitted typically by the bite of an infected arthropod. Climate plays an important role in the seasonal pattern or temporal distribution of diseases that are carried and transmitted through vectors because the vector animals often thrive in particular climate conditions…

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WWF

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Global & Local Threats
Climate change is arguably the most desperate threat to sockeye salmon. One way this manifests is through "The Blob," a large mass of warm water of the northwest coast of North America that is attributed with causing some of the unusual weather conditions recently experienced along the Pacific Coast. Nutrient poor and unusually warm, the Blob has negatively affected marine life and may confuse salmon trying to find their way inland. Also, the increase of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, and in the ocean as a result, is causing ocean acidification, which significantly impacts the salmon's food chain.

But the salmon aren't safe from climate impacts upon arrival in Alaska, either. Warming weather has increased the temperature of freshwater streams, making salmon more susceptible to predators, parasites and disease. The heat also reduces snowpack and causes glaciers to retreat, which means the rivers and streams have less water, which makes it more difficult for salmon to travel. And shifting weather patterns have led to more severe storms and floods, which wash away salmon eggs and destroy spawning habitat.

Climate is not the only challenge putting the salmon-and all who depend on them-at risk. New infrastructure and expanded industrial activities, such dam development and extractives, continue to appear on the agenda of Alaska's leaders and threaten key habitats. Pebble Mine, a copper and gold mine proposed for Bristol Bay's headwaters, which would be the largest open pit mine in North America, would destroy up to 90 miles of salmon streams and 4,800 acres of wetlands in the Bristol Bay area. Dams, including the proposed hydroelectric dam on Chikuminuk Lake in Wood Tikchik State Park, would fragment the pristine ecosystem and destroy the conditions salmon require for spawning. Offshore oil and gas development had long threatened salmon, but in 2014, WWF and our allies worked with the Obama Administration to prohibit offshore development into the foreseeable future.

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It's hard to talk about salmon without talking Bristol Bay. Each year, at the end of June, in the world's biggest sockeye salmon run, millions of fish flood the area's rivers providing local communities with sustenance, fueling marine and seaside businesses, and contributing up to two-thirds of the state's total salmon fishery value.

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This Is How Global Warming Affects the Transmission of Diseases | OpenMind

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This Is How Global Warming Affects the Transmission of Diseases | OpenMind

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Open Mind | 2019

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This Is How Global Warming Affects the Transmission of Diseases | OpenMind

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Better Health Channel | 2019

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Climate Change: Our greatest health threat, or our greatest opportunity for better health?

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Climate Change: Our greatest health threat, or our greatest opportunity for better health?

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Global Climate and Health Alliance

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Climate Change: Our greatest health threat, or our greatest opportunity for better health?