Joyeuse Ntungane posted Aug 16, 2025 4:04 AM
Define Climate change
Climate change means long-term changes in weather patterns, such as higher temperatures, changes in rainfall, and more extreme storms. Most of it is caused by people burning fuels, cutting down forests, and releasing gases that trap heat in the air.
Example
In Nepal, a 1°C rise in average temperature caused malaria to spread into 27 new districts, even in mountain areas over 2000 m above sea level.
Title of Article 1
Williams PC, Bartlett AW, Howard-Jones A, et al. Impact of climate change and biodiversity collapse on the global emergence and spread of infectious diseases.
J Paediatr Child Health.
Microorganism Impacted by Climate Change —
Borrelia burgdorferi
Borrelia burgdorferi is the bacteria that causes Lyme disease. It is spread by
Ixodesticks. Warmer winters and longer summers allow ticks to live in more places and reproduce for more months of the year. This means more people are at risk in areas where Lyme disease did not exist before.
One thing I found interesting is that in Russia, both Lyme disease and tick-borne encephalitis have increased because the warmer climate is better for ticks.
In the future, more tick-borne illnesses are likely. To fight this, we need better tick monitoring, more public education on prevention, and research on vaccines.
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Katie Acosta posted Jul 16, 2025 11:42 PM
Define Climate change: Climate change refers to long-term changes in weather patterns. These shifts could be natural, but since the 1800s, the main cause for climate change has been driven by human activities.1
Example: An example of climate change is the burning of fossil fuels that create greenhouse gas emissions that raise the temperatures in earths atmosphere. 1
Title of Article 1-
> Temperature, sediment resuspension, and salinity drive the prevalence of
Vibrio vulnificus in the coastal Baltic Sea
Microorganism Impacted by Climate Change Picked-
> The microbe is
Vibrio vulnificus.
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Vibrio vulnificus is impacted by climate change due to elevated sea surface temperatures.2 Data from a recent experiment demonstrates that temperature and sediment resuspension has increased the prevalence of the pathogenic microbe
Vibrio vulnificus.2 This has caused a rise in
Vibrio-related infections among humans near the Baltic Sea.2
> One of the interesting things I learned was how Baltic Sea surface temperatures are currently three times higher than the global ocean warming average.2
> One future implication of this microbe being impacted by climate change is that future longer heatwaves in the Baltic Sea area will increase the prevalence of
Vibrio vulnificus which causes a public health concern.2 Furthermore, climate change will increase the occurrence of natural disasters in the Baltic Sea which will increase sediment resuspension and also increase the prevalence of
Vibrio vulnificus.2
Personal opinion on climate change impact-
> I think climate change does have a significant impact on the spread of infectious diseases. Since microbes tend to grow better at higher temperatures and climate change creates warmer temperatures, I think pathogens are appearing in new areas that have developed more favorable conditions. Besides trying to significantly slow down the process of climate change, I think one of the ways we can deal with the increased spread of disease is improving global vaccine distribution as uncommon diseases spread to new areas.
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