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How the Spreading Symptoms of Climate Change Can be Deadly

2014-02-18 17:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

ClimateWire: The hallmarks of a warming climate, heavier rains, more severe droughts, rising sea levels and longer growing seasons, are spreading a variety of pathogens throughout the world. Malaria is moving to the highlands. Lyme disease is spreading across the U.S. Northeast and eastern Canada. Outbreaks of cholera will increase with more unsafe water. Those are three of the diseases that are becoming part of a growth field in medical research amid concerns that tropical diseases are moving north and south...

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U.S. South, East Coast lashed again by deadly snow and ice storm

2014-02-13 02:36:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: A deadly winter storm gripped the southeastern United States on Wednesday, crippling travel, knocking out power to 363,000 homes and businesses and encasing magnolia and palmetto trees in ice. The weather was blamed for at least 13 deaths in the region, including three who were killed when an ambulance transporting a patient skidded off an icy road in Carlsbad, Texas, the Texas Department of Public Safety said. Winter storm warnings and advisories were in place from Arkansas east to much of...

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