Domino Effect of Climate Change

(WHO 2015) It is now generally acknowledged that the global climate is changing as the earth becomes warmer, in particular due to the burning of fossil fuels. Human health may be impacted by shifting the geographic range and seasonality of infectious diseases, possibly increasing vector borne disease rates, disturbance of food-producing ecosystems, and increasing the frequency of extreme weather events such as droughts, cyclones, floods and bush

Currently, one of the major problems in the world is the rapid change of our climate. Years of research and studies have linked climate change to the spreading and occurrence of many infectious diseases. Vectors and pathogens that were not able to spread to certain countries before because temperatures were too low for them to survive in are now being able to habituate these parts of the world because of how much warmer our planet is becoming. This is concerning to us because infectious diseases can increase death rates. Therefore, if our planet continues to get warmer, the more infectious diseases will spread, and the more humans will die. This research paper attempts to provide a better understanding on how diseases are spreading more

Rising temperatures could have a major impact on traditional foods of Aboriginals, such as fish and raw meats. Temperature changes in the transport or storing of these sorts of foods can greatly increase the possibility of food-borne toxins and diseases, such as Salmonella (Furgan & Seguin, 2006). This could lead to less consumption of traditional foods by Aboriginals (Furgan & Seguin,

As world temperatures and sea levels rise, the effects of global warming will be felt most acutely in Canada and other countries far from the equator, a challenge, issued by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, for the world to “seize the opportunities of a low-carbon future.” But the report drew little fanfare in Ottawa, global warming is occurring – and that humans are the main cause. “As this report shows and previous reports have shown, climate change and warming in particular is amplified – that is, it’s larger – at high latitudes. So warming over Canada is larger than the warming that has been experienced [worldwide] and it is projected to continue that way. That warming over Canada will continue to be more rapid than the global [average]

Climate change increases the possibility of extreme weather events which in turn makes disease transmission more frequent in poor, developing countries. The weather event known as El Nino has been determined to be one of the leading environmental factors that influences disease. El Nino is a band of warmer than average water, which

Unfortunately, for individuals in the developing world resources are lacking. It is individuals in these situations that are extremely vulnerable to potential exposure. Climate change is also impacting disease transmission. Large environmental areas are shrinking due to urban sprawl which is leading to increased populations density’s, increased pathogen load, decreased distributions, and a greater prevalence of disease (Mills, Gage, Khan, 2010). Thus, larger numbers of individuals are living in close proximity of disease vectors.

Food borne illnesses such as salmonella, shigellosis, and other bacteria related food poisonings will increase due to the rapid rise in temperature. These diseases can cause gastrointestinal problems, even death. An increase in rain flow causes flooding which can lead to an increase in food contamination. Water borne diseases Cryptosporidium and Giardia increase with heavy rainfall, and these parasites can be very harmful to the human body. Animal borne diseases such as Lyme disease and West Nile virus will increase as air temperature rises. Ticks and mosquito population will grow rapidly and conditions will be favorable for new strains of the diseases listed above. These diseases will have an effect on my career as a Forensic

Increased precipitation/food and waterborne diarrheal diseases: As we have seen recently with West Virginia, increasing precipitation can have devastating and deadly effects on the

Certain threats to human health loom larger with rising temperatures. Extremely hot temperatures can cause heat illnesses and loss of life. Several vector borne diseases only occur in warm areas, and an increase in temperature could mean a spread of these diseases to larger areas. Also, warm temperatures can increase levels of air pollutants, including ozone, which can harm human health.

These vectors can carry infective pathogens such as viruses, bacteria, and protozoa, which can be transferred from one host (carrier) to another. The seasonality, distribution, and prevalence of vector-borne diseases are influenced significantly by climate factors, primarily high and low temperature extremes and precipitation patterns. Climate change is likely to have both short- and long-term effects on vector-borne disease transmission and infection patterns, affecting both seasonal risk and broad geographic changes in disease occurrence over decades (see Figure ES6). While climate variability and climate change both alter the transmission of vector-borne diseases, they will likely interact with many other factors, including how pathogens adapt and change, the availability of hosts, changing ecosystems and land use, demographics, human behavior, and adaptive capacity. These complex interactions make it difficult to predict the effects of climate change on vector-borne

Overall, smallpox, measles, malaria, influenza, and typhus are epidemics guided by environmental factors. Initially, these factors are water supply, sanitation facilities, food, and climate. Subsequently, lack of safe water, ineffective excreta disposal facilities, poor hygiene, poor living conditions, and unsafe food were the main cause of suffering and death. In general, climate also affects disease transmission of a variety of ways. Additionally, the distribution and population size of disease vectors alters the local climate, and flooding after heavy rains can result in sewage overflow and widespread water contamination. Beside, pathogens might travel through one region to another along air streams

This article not only focused on poor countries but it also focused on wealthier countries and the effects of it. Some impacts that occur in developed countries are that the food prices have increase which has caused people to eat foods that aren’t very healthy. It also explains the ways that both types of countries are affected which is that the change in temperature has caused many food-borne illnesses to become more

Different human societies spread across the world have certain unique challenges that tend to affect them. Some of these challenges due to the differences in the climatic conditions being experienced in those places. One of those common challenges that face people is sicknesses. Different places tend to experience different environmental hazards, which can be attributed to the different climatic conditions. According to Rai et al. (2014), coronavirus is known to be a special group of viruses that belong to the subfamily of coronavirinae. The first case of coronavirus was reported in the Middle East; something that forced medical doctors to undertake a comprehensive research to establish the causative agents of this

The understanding of climate change and its influences on the developmental and activity levels for various vectors is a critical factor of concern in terms of control and management of transmissible diseases. Presently, the concomitant changes in the global temperatures have resulted in elevation of the global temperatures by 1.50C to 4.50C over the last 1200 years (Williams, Mincham, Ritchie, Viennet, & Harley, 2014). Although consistent changes are evident across the globe, the latitudinal differences present an additional variation across the entire world. Even within the latitudinal differences, the changes are not homogenous. For instance, the degree of climate warming at the equatorial zones is slower in comparison with the one at the higher latitudes such as the Nearctic as well as at the Palearctic regions (Williams, Mincham, Ritchie, Viennet, & Harley, 2014). Moreover, research shows that summer temperatures also warm at a slower rate compared to the winter temperatures (Williams, Mincham, Ritchie, Viennet, & Harley, 2014). The climate warming experienced over the Earth’s surface also affects precipitation distribution across the Earth (Walton & Reisen, 2013). For instance, the warming processes and the changes in precipitation patterns over the last decade signals that northern high latitudes are increasingly becoming wetter as African and Asian continents continue to become drier with the course of time (Walton & Reisen, 2013).

In this research paper, I will discuss what climate change is and what causes it. I will also describe how the political and scientific communities differ on the topic. Next, I will discuss the causal chain of climate change starting with the Industrial Revolution until today. After that I will cover the differing beliefs of Democrats and Republicans, and what each party is doing in regards to climate change. Lastly, I will cover what is being done by businesses, governments, and individuals in the world to combat climate change, and provide possible solutions, including the use of renewable energies to solve this problem.