Climate change brings tropical diseases closer to California

KPCC: Inside an air-conditioned hearing with the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, climate skeptics argued temperature statistics with scientists. Dr. Jonathan Fielding, head of L.A. County's health department, told senators that when he sees a threat, it's his job to be prepared to respond. He says he's concerned that climate change is leading to warming temperatures, and that they in turn are "providing a habitat for vectors (insects particularly) that weren't here before." Vectors...

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