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Mosquitos are moving to higher elevations — and so is malaria

Grist

As the planet warms, mosquitoes are slowly migrating to higher places — and bringing malaria to populations not used to dealing with the potentially deadly disease. An outbreak of chikungunya, another mosquito-borne disease, between 2004 and 2005 was linked to drought in coastal Kenya for these reasons.

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The Life and Death of a Pioneering Environmental Justice Lawyer

DeSmogBlog

Citing global warming as the cause, the suit alleged that, “sea ice forms later in the year, attaches to the coast later, breaks up earlier, and is less extensive and thinner, thus subjecting Kivalina to coastal storm waves and surges. An avid birder, he first went to South America to visit friends.

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