Grist

JULY 20, 2023

Researchers have documented the insects making their homes in higher places that are typically too cool for them, from the tropical highlands of South America to the mountainous but populous regions of eastern Africa. A recent Georgetown University study found them moving upward in sub-Saharan Africa at the rate of 21 feet per year.

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Grist

JUNE 27, 2022

Historical range: Chikungunya fever was first identified in Tanzania in the 1950s, remained relatively rare for half a century, and then exploded into more than 60 countries throughout Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Americas after 2004. The disease is also prevalent in Mexico and Central and South America. Virgin Islands.

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Grist

JUNE 21, 2021

It’s worsening the spread of infectious diseases, like dengue across South America, increasing the possibility of global pandemics in the near future. In 2004, he approached the president of the Wilderness Medical Society about spearheading a new committee that would train more young doctors like himself. “I

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 7, 2021

The plaintiffs sought to recover $95 to $400 million from oil, gas, and power companies to relocate the village of Kivalina to a site further inland, safe from the deadly flooding caused by the storms, the likes of which the village experienced with increasing frequency beginning in 2004.

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