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Collected Item: “Climate change, Wildlife, and the pandemic”

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Climate change, Wildlife, and the pandemic

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In this article by PBS it is discussed how climate change, wildlife, and the pandemic all have a connection. One of them being that with more habitats for wildlife being destroyed, the higher risk for contact with wildlife increases which increases the chances of another pandemic. This is a short but informative article and they interview a doctor from Harvard as well who gives his input to this topic. He explains that direct contact with animals is the cause of the pandemic and if we do not do something about this soon, it will just reoccur again.

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#HST494, #ASU, #wildlife, #conservation, #globalwarming

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https://www.wfyi.org/news/articles/how-climate-change-increases-our-risk-for-pandemics

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PBS news

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2020-03-24
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