EcoWatch: As the Ebola virus is ravaging parts of West Africa, recent reports are linking the outbreak to past studies holding climate change accountable for the uptick in viral diseases.
In 2006, a study published in the journal Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene revealed that Ebola, a violent hemorrhagic fever that leads to internal and external bleeding, would be more frequent with global warming due to its intermittent connection to wildlife and climate. In 2008, another...