Associated Press’ Seth Borenstein Links Zika outbreak to global warming – Al Gore Aproves
AP's Seth Borenstein: 'Higher temperatures make Zika mosquito spread disease more' - 'The hotspots for this Zika outbreak also have been temperature and drought hotspots recently. Recife, Brazil, the largest city in the Zika-struck region, saw its hottest September-October-November on record, about 1.2 degrees Celsius (2.2 degrees Fahrenheit) above normal, according to NASA data. The state of Pernambuco had its hottest and driest year since 1998, according to the state weather agency. And globally, last year was the hottest on record.'
Al Gore aproves of linking Zika to 'global warming':
http://bigstory.ap.org/urn:publicid:ap.org:ae4d08ccee7746f0b4f916a901fe236c
“With higher temperatures you have more mosquitoes feeding more frequently and having a greater chance of acquiring infection. And then the virus replicates faster because it’s hotter, therefore the mosquitoes can transmit earlier in their life,” Reisen said. The thermodynamics of mosquitoes are “driven by temperature.”
