Climate change can make it easier for diseases to jump from animals to humans. Los Alamos National Laboratory researchers Andrew Bartlow, Jeanne Fair and Carrie Manore discuss the impact climate change has on infectious disease spread.
Warmer temperatures, driven by climate change, are forcing animal habitats to change, and increasing human-animal interactions. In the first episode of Climatology — a podcast series on climate science at Los Alamos National Laboratory — researchers discuss climate change's role in disease spread.
Photo credit: Joey Montoya. Episode host: Lexi Petronis. Written and edited by Nick Njegomir. Special thanks to Joey Montoya, Lexi Petronis and Laura Mullane. This episode is part of Down to a Science: A LANL Podcast Series.
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