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Bat hotspots created by climate change may have helped drive Covid
Scientists find that southern Chinese province of Yunnan has seen changes likely to have led to 40 extra species
5 February 2021 • 5:04pm
Studies have shown that a greater diversity in bat species allows for more coronavirus to emerge
Credit: Ye Aung Thu/AFP
Climate change may have helped drive the emergence of coronavirus, scientists have suggested.
Researchers at Cambridge University and the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research in Germany looked for hotspots in which the changing climate has allowed bat species to flourish.
They found that the southern Chinese province of Yunnan has seen some of the biggest changes, likely to have led to an extra 40 species of bats. Previous studies have shown that a greater diversity in bat species allows for more coronavirus to emerge.