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Throughout history, many diseases have come from animals. Therefore, any increase in the interaction between humans and animals will likely increase the number of these diseases.

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Throughout history, many diseases have come from animals. Therefore, any increase in the interaction between humans and animals will likely increase the number of these diseases.

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The Harvard study

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Decreasing viable environments for animals pushes them into closer contact with humans, increasing the changes of viral spread across species.

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Altering habitats is a huge problem

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Increased human interaction with wild animals increases the likelihood that zoonotic (not sure on the spelling) diseases can spread to humans which may cause pandemics.

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Humans are creating an environment for viruses to evolve.

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Humans are creating an environment for viruses to evolve.

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Deforestation leads to climate change, and that causes animal populations to come into closer contact with human populations allowing viruses to transfer from animals to humans.

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extreme weather events can cause increased outbreaks

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Ecosystems bring animals into cities

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Many viruses thrive in warmer environments (like the seasonal flu). When they are thriving and spreading they can mutate and be more difficult to fight off with a vaccine

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climate affects EVERYTHING

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Habitat desctruction and urbanization

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Climate change increases natural disasters which makes diseases harder to fight due to loss of infrastructure especially in impoverished areas.

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Climate change

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Warmer temps=more natural disasters which helps spread diseases

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Human alter the environment with all the trash and waste

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Quote from the article:
Climate change is frequently described as a threat multiplier, something that exacerbates
existing problems and creates new ones. No
aspect of life on this planet has been untouched by climate change — viruses included.

Insects, mosquitoes especially thrive in warm and humid climates. They transmit many many diseases.

"a warmer planet is
expected to be a less stable one"

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Extreme weather events like floods and droughts have been linked to increased human outbreaks of diseases carried by animals.

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animals are more likely to live close to one another, making a virus more easily spread from host to host, while mutating along the way

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Forcing animals out of their habitats

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climate affects animals and humans which provides a temperature for a host for viruses that cause pandemics.

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climate affects animals and humans which provides a temperature for a host for viruses that cause pandemics.

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Loss of natural habitat due to human development

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Humans have altered the environment faster than any other species in history

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Insects (mosquitoes) thrive in warmer temperatures.

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Insects (mosquitoes) thrive in warmer temperatures.

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Climate change has caused habitat fragmentation.

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Climate change has caused habitat fragmentation.

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Loss of habitat causes human and other species to interact which could encourage spread viruses. Warmer temperatures may increase spread because some viruses thrive in warmer temperatures.

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Climate change has caused droughts which have increased agriculture land demands, resulting in more habitat destruction and human/animal interactions.

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Warm temps allow more mosquitoes to spread more diseases

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With climate change weather and temperatures vary more than before it gives the viruses a more suitable living environment.

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humans are taking out the natural habitat of animals forcing the animals into closer proximity to humans.

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Industrialization and the resulting pollution.

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Each virus has a different vector. Tropical diseases like malaria could increase because the vector for that disease are mosquitoes. Mosquitoes thrive in a warm topical climate.

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Loss of habitat has increased population overlap.

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Loss of habitat has increased population overlap.

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Habitat destruction has forced new interactions between humans, animals, and micro organisms

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The central point of this article indicates that animal interactions with humans are the main vector for virus transmission. Climate change is causing these interactions to happen more often as animals are having to traverse more area in search of food, water, or habitat as theirs is diminishing.

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The article stated that climate change exacerbated by humans have displaced animal populations and put humans in close contact with animals and that has increased to opportunity for more animal to human transmission and human to human transmission.

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The causes of climate change amplify the contraction and spread of viruses

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Agree: Yes, climate change does affect climate change, because when humans interact negatively with the environment (i.e. building large cities which leads to congregating in a localized area) it speeds up the spreading of the virus.

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Increased interactions among animals and humans due to habitat destruction, natural disasters and unlivable ecosystems.

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Interaction with people have increased with animals

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The text states "By altering the environment at a faster rate
than any other moment in geologic history, scientists say, humans have created a wealth of chances for viruses to evolve."

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the science

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Ecosystems that are destroyed cause animal populations to decrease which causes less genetic variation.

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the effects of climate change such as severe weather, make it more difficult for impoverished areas to have safe places to live while being able to distance themselves from others. The places where viruses spread quickly are often places largely populated