Tuesday, October 30, 2012

India: Climate change adding sting to mosquito bite, says WHO report

Economic Times: The warning is ominous - climate change and global warming will make vector-borne diseases like dengue and malaria - already causing havoc in the country more lethal. A landmark report on climate change and health, published by the World Health Organization on Monday, said that in the last 100 years, the world has warmed by approximately 0.75 degree Celsius. Over the last 25 years, the rate of global warming has accelerated, at over 0.18 degree Celsius per decade. Global health will suffer...

URL: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/environment/global-warming/climate-change-adding-sting-to-mosquito-bite-says-who-report/articleshow/17012224.cms

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