‘The Coming Climate Change Plague’ – ‘Ebola was not an aberration—it may well be the future as climate change accelerates’
In the study published this week in the journal Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, Brooks and coauthor Eric Hoberg found that a changing climate will drive migration of birds, fish, and animals to new regions. Pathogens will hitch a ride, finding new hosts who have no immunity to various diseases.