Impact of Global Climate Warming on Animal Ecology and Human Health
Journal Title: International Journal of Zoological Investigations - Year 2017, Vol 3, Issue 2
Abstract
During the last fifty years, a rapid increase in temperature has been reported on the earth’s surface as well as in the oceans. Climate change is reflected in extreme weather conditions such as tsunamis, cyclones, heat waves, wild fires, etc. Ocean acidification has caused massive harm to marine organisms such as corals, lobsters, sea urchins and fishes, etc. Warmer temperatures have caused floods through melting of glaciers leading to rise in sea level. Two important ecological impacts of climate change are shift in species range and/or in phenology i.e. changes in the seasonal timings of biological activities. Arctic region is heating up two times as rapidly as rest of the planet. Climate warming has greatly impacted ice-dependent animals such as polar bear, caribou, seals and walruses, etc. Further, there is growing concern on the impact of climate warming on vector-borne and water-borne diseases in humans (malaria, dengue, diarrhoeal diseases, chikungunya, parasitic diseases, etc.). Climate change has posed serious consequences among developing countries and thus, climate change is a significant and emerging threat to public health. There is need to understand the consequences of climate change by students at the level of schools, colleges and universities so as to help public mitigate the possible deleterious effects of climate change.
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Ravi Parkash
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