Climate change may have driven the emergence of SARS-CoV-2
A new study has provided evidence of a mechanism by which climate change could have played a direct role in the emergence of SARS-CoV-2 which is the virus that caused the COVID-19 pandemic.
Green-house gas emissions over the last century have led to making southern China a hotspot for bat-borne coronavirus by creating a forest habitat that is favored by bats. The study published in the journal called Science of the Total Environment serves as the first instance of the mechanism by which climate change could have contributed to the emergence of the pandemic-causing virus, SARS-CoV-2. The study shows that there have been large-scale changes over the past century in the type of vegetation present in the southern Chinese Yunnan province and its adjacent regions like Myanmar and Laos. The change in vegetation has led to climatic changes such as increased temperature, sunlight, and atmospheric carbon dioxide which further
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It’s not just the value of bitcoin that has soared in the last year – so has the huge amount of energy it consumes.
The cryptocurrency’s value has dipped recently after passing a high of $50,000 but the energy used to create it has continued to soar during its epic rise, climbing to the equivalent to the annual carbon footprint of Argentina, according to Cambridge Bitcoin Electricity Consumption Index, a tool from researchers at Cambridge University that measures the currency’s energy use.
Recent interest from major Wall Street institutions like JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs probably culminated in the currency’s rise in value and an endorsement by Tesla’s Elon Musk helped drive its recent high as investors bet the cryptocurrency will become more widely embraced in the near future.
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NEW YORK, Feb 6 Climate change may have played a “key role” in the transmission of the novel coronavirus to humans by driving several species of pathogen-carrying bats into closer contact, research showed yesterday. The virus, which has killed more than two million people and caused.
"Climate change over the last century has made the habitat in the southern Chinese Yunnan province suitable for more bat species," researcher says