How climate change will affect insect species and insect-borne diseases
How climate change will affect insect species and insect-borne diseases. One concern is how climate change will affect the spread of insect species and insect-borne diseases. These include Dengue fever, Malaria, Lyme disease, Nile virus, Yellow fever and much more. Those are spread through bites of vectors such as mosquitoes, ticks and flies.
Due to the warming of the climate more mosquitoes are appearing, because they carry those diseases there is more chance of them transmitting it. Diseases can spread quickly through animals and humans if they are not properly contained and treated. Warmer temperatures in climate change have already affected wildlife and agriculture systems. With extra greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, our earth is getting hotter. Due to the earth getting warmer more bugs are appearing, who transmit those diseases.
Vector-borne diseases: It is from an infection transmitted to humans and other animals by vectors such as mosquitos, ticks and fleas. They carry infections and diseases through there blood. Vector-borne diseases are diseases such as Dengue fever, Nile virus, Yellow fever, Malaria and more. How to stop it: Other than trying to cool the earth down, to stop ever getting bitten by an insect that carries diseases you can wear light coloured long-sleeved pants and tops. You could also install window seals to keep them out.
If climate change is getting worse, so will insects and insect-borne diseases. Insects like vectors spread in warmer temperatures. If our earth is getting hotter, more insects that carry those diseases will appear. There are ways we can reduce those insects. We can wear protective gear/clothes, or join organisations and groups to help cool down the earth.
By Poppy
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