Climate change will result in thousands of new viruses spread among animal species by 2070 — and that’s likely to increase the risk of emerging diseases jumping from animals to humans, study finds.
lead to animal-human disease spread, but there’s less research about how climate change could influence this type of disease transmission, the researchers said at a media briefing Wednesday.
Experts on climate change and infectious disease agreed that a warming planet will likely lead to increased risk for the emergence of new viruses. “This particular contribution is an extremely conservative estimate for potential” emerging infectious disease spread caused by climate change, said Brooks.
“Of particular note is that the study indicates that these encounters may already be happening with greater frequency and in places near where many people live,” Bernstein said.
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