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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"Climate change over the last century has made the habitat in the southern Chinese Yunnan province suitable for more bat species," researcher says
Scientists claim climate change may have played a role in Covid-19 pandemic
A University of Cambridge study has said greenhouse gases have made China a hotspot for bats which host coronaviruses which may have led to the outbreak which brought the world to a halt
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Climate change may have played a role in Covid-19 pandemic – study 05/02/2021, 12:03 pm
Global greenhouse gas emissions over the last century have made southern China a ‘hotspot’ for many bat species that host coronaviruses (Peter Byrne/PA)
Climate change may have played a direct role in the emergence of Sars-CoV-2 – the virus responsible for the Covid-19 pandemic, a study has suggested.
Global greenhouse gas emissions over the last century have made southern China a “hotspot” for many bat species that host coronaviruses, according to scientists from the University of Cambridge.
The researchers said their findings, published in the journal Science of the Total Environment, should be “an urgent wake-up call to reduce global emissions”.