Global warming and its impact on global health due to the greater presence of mosquitoes

(Dennis Thompson – HealthDay News) – Associated with a warmer climate Climate change Cause destructive clouds Mosquitoes In the future, as a recent study predicts.

High temperatures can do that More difficult for predators that feed on mosquito larvae Researchers say that it effectively controls mosquito populations.

This is because Warm weather accelerates larval growthresulting in a smaller time window for dragonflies to feed on.

As a result, there could be Nearly twice as many mosquito larvae reach adulthoodthe researchers recently reported in the journal Ecology.

“We could see greater numbers of everyone’s least favorite insects,” lead researcher Andrew Davidson said in a VCU news release. Davidson conducted the research through a doctoral program at the Center for Integrative Life Sciences Education in Richmond.

For the study, the researchers studied mosquitoes in river rock pools on Belle Isle, along the James River in Richmond.

Find out Warmer ponds had more larvae, even in the presence of predators such as dragonflies.

“Although the mosquito larvae we study here [son] “These findings likely apply to mosquito species that serve as vectors for diseases such as West Nile virus or even Zika virus,” Davidson said.

more information. US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). They provide more information about vector-borne diseases.

Source: Virginia Commonwealth University, press release, December 18, 2023

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