The hallmarks of a warming climate, heavier rains, more severe droughts, rising sea levels and longer growing seasons, are spreading a variety of pathogens throughout the world
Not exact matches
By trapping the earth's heat in the atmosphere, greenhouse gases lead to
warmer temperatures and all the
hallmarks of climate change: rising sea levels, more extreme weather, heat - related deaths, and increasing transmission
of infectious diseases like Lyme.
A wild card is
climate change: the
hallmark characteristic
of invasives is their adaptability, and it is possible they will be best positioned to take advantage
of longer growing seasons, expanded ranges, and other phenomena associated with a
warming world.