Human activity, climate change risk more pandemics

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New research has revealed climate change, environmental degradation and human activity are creating a perfect storm for more deadly pandemics like COVID-19. Dr Kirsten Martinus, the study’s lead author, said climate change and associated severe weather events were altering habitat. ‘So where a habitat may have had ample food for an ecosystem, suddenly you get a change and the food or the ecosystem actually changes itself and you get animals coming in contact with each other that previously were not in contact with each other. And from that you get novel diseases occurring.’

Period29 Jan 2021

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  • TitleHuman activity, climate change risk more pandemics
    Degree of recognitionNational
    Media name/outletThe Echo
    Media typePrint
    Country/TerritoryAustralia
    Date29/01/21
    DescriptionNew research has revealed climate change, environmental degradation and human activity are creating a perfect storm for more deadly pandemics like COVID-19. Dr Kirsten Martinus, the study’s lead author, said climate change and associated severe weather events were altering habitat. ‘So where a habitat may have had ample food for an ecosystem, suddenly you get a change and the food or the ecosystem actually changes itself and you get animals coming in contact with each other that previously were not in contact with each other. And from that you get novel diseases occurring.’
    Producer/AuthorPhilippa Clark
    URLhttps://www.echo.net.au/2021/01/human-activity-climate-change-risk-more-pandemics/
    PersonsKirsten Martinus