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Beware Hot AND Humid Days
Mammals in heat-stressed places like India could exit the planet ‘Heat waves across India scream report after news report. Are we witnessing the critical survival point World Bank had warned about last year? In a first time for the planet, temperatures in India will cross the ‘wet bulb temperature’ and the country could see lives lost to heat stress, the report had said.
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Rise in Cases of Dengue, Zika and Chikungunya Predicted in Asia
A recent WHO briefing suggests this week that climate change is driving Aedes mosquito driven disease to areas where they did not exist earlier while they will rise in those parts of the world where they are endemic such as Southeast Asia. High precipitation, increased temperature and even scarcity of water favours the breeding of mosquitoes. The virus and the mosquitos multiply faster in higher temperatures.
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