Mosquitos and Global Warming
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Mosquitos and Global Warming

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 23, 20262 min

Mosquitos and Global Warming

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to the diseases spread by mosquitoes within the next 50 years as global temperatures rise

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The research team looked at the two types of mosquitoes that most often carry diseases

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What are all those bumps on your arm, Don? Mosquito bites, I.O. I was outside all weekend and didn't expect there to be so many bugs. Did they hurt?

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No, they only itch a little. Lucky that we live in a place where mosquitoes don't usually carry deadly diseases, huh? Let's appreciate it while we can. Scientists think that as many as a billion people around the world could be newly exposed

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to the diseases spread by mosquitoes within the next 50 years as global temperatures rise and mosquitoes thrive. The research team looked at the two types of mosquitoes that most often carry diseases – Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus – which can carry dengue, chikungunya, and Zika viruses.

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