Al Mayadeen English

  • Ar
  • Es
  • x
Al Mayadeen English

Slogan

  • News
    • Politics
    • Economy
    • Sports
    • Arts&Culture
    • Health
    • Miscellaneous
    • Technology
    • Environment
  • Articles
    • Opinion
    • Analysis
    • Blog
    • Features
  • Videos
    • NewsFeed
    • Video Features
    • Explainers
    • TV
    • Digital Series
  • Infographs
  • In Pictures
  • • LIVE
News
  • Politics
  • Economy
  • Sports
  • Arts&Culture
  • Health
  • Miscellaneous
  • Technology
  • Environment
Articles
  • Opinion
  • Analysis
  • Blog
  • Features
Videos
  • NewsFeed
  • Video Features
  • Explainers
  • TV
  • Digital Series
Infographs
In Pictures
  • Africa
  • Asia
  • Asia-Pacific
  • Europe
  • Latin America
  • MENA
  • Palestine
  • US & Canada
BREAKING
Al-Nakhalah: We are the rightful owners, and we must fight to retrieve our rights
Al-Nakhalah: The enemy and its allies must know that we can never surrender to their terms and diktats after all the sacrifices made
Al-Nakhalah: The prisoner exchange clause can be completed in the next few days, and thus we will have pulled the [explosion] fuse and removed the enemy's justifications for aggression
Al-Nakhalah: The Resistance has expressed its willingness to negotiate on the basis that there are items that can be dealt with positively, the first of which is the prisoner exchange item
Al-Nakhalah: Trump's plan entails the Palestinian people's declaration of complete surrender to the enemy
PIJ Secretary-General, Ziyad al-Nakhalah: The Resistance is engaging in a fierce negotiating battle under the so-called Trump plan
Russian Federation Council approves joint military cooperation agreement with Cuba
Al-Nunu: Today, the lists of prisoners required to be released, the agreed-upon criteria and numbers, were exchanged
Al-Nunu from Sharm el-Sheikh: Negotiations focused on mechanisms for implementing an end to the war, the withdrawal of occupation forces from the Gaza Strip, and the exchange of prisoners
Al-Nunu from Sharm el-Sheikh: Mediators are making great efforts to remove any obstacles in the way of implementing the ceasefire, and a sense of optimism now prevails among all parties

How global warming could cause animal-to-human pandemics

  • By Al Mayadeen net
  • Source: Agencies
  • 29 Apr 2022 12:09
3 Min Read

A new study suggests species migration could lead to novel viruses in the future.

  • x
  • How global warming could cause animal-to-human pandemics
    How global warming could cause animal-to-human pandemics

According to a new study, climate change will put more pressure on species to migrate and provide thousands of new opportunities for viruses to move from one species to another in the coming decades.

These occurrences may raise the likelihood of a human pandemic. Ebola, HIV, avian flu, SARS, and many scientists believe COVID-19 all began with viral transmission from wildlife and cattle to people.

Read more: World must brace for 30% more wildfires by 2050: UN

 

The study, published in the Nature journal, indicates how climate change and ecological changes in habitats would drive viruses' host animals to new locations where they will interact with other species for the first time.

These inter-species interactions will increase viral reservoirs, endangering endangered species and increasing the likelihood of viruses spreading to humans. 

Related News

New Zealand’s oceans warming 34% faster than global average: Report

World capitals face escalating heat threat, warns new analysis

Thomas Gillespie, a disease ecologist at Emory University states that the study stresses " there are lots of cross-species transmission events that are happening now, and many more that can happen as environments are changing."

If warming is maintained to less than 2°C above preindustrial levels, the researchers predict that hundreds of thousands of first contacts between species will occur over the next five decades, resulting in more than 4,500 viral transmissions from one species to another.

According to the findings, the majority would occur in high-elevation environments with diverse biodiversity in tropical Africa and Asia.

Similar processes will be witnessed in the decreasing expanses of species-rich tropical primary forests. Many of these locations are also where cities and crops are grown.

"Climate change is creating innumerable hotspots of future zoonotic risk or presents a zoonotic risk right now in our backyard," Colin Carlson, a disease ecologist at Georgetown University and co-author of the study, said in a press conference, using the term "zoonosis," which refers to viruses that jump between species.

Even if carbon emissions are reduced, the new study's models reveal that the increase in viral sharing occurrences is not entirely prevented. And the study reveals that some of them are already being driven by climate change.

According to Gillespie, "The bottom line is the majority of the viral sharing events are going to happen over the next 20 years and going to happen regardless of how well we mitigate climate change within that window."

Gregory Albery, who also studies disease ecology at Georgetown says the work "provides us more incontrovertible evidence that the coming decades will not only be hotter, but sicker."

  • global warming
  • Climate change
  • Pandemic
STOP THE HEAT: A Climate Change Coverage

STOP THE HEAT: A Climate Change Coverage

Most Read

Tucker Carlson speaks at a memorial for Charlie Kirk, Sunday, September 21, 2025, at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona (AP)

Tucker Carlson: Israeli officers gave orders on Iran inside Pentagon

  • Politics
  • 2 Oct 2025
A Hamas fighter in combat fatigues stands before the ceremony for the handover of Israeli captives to the Red Cross in Nuseirat, central Gaza Strip, Saturday, February 22, 2025 (AP)

Hamas responds to Trump plan, backs Gaza withdrawal, exchange

  • Politics
  • 3 Oct 2025
ap

'Israel' pays influencers $7K per post to whitewash Gaza genocide

  • Politics
  • 1 Oct 2025
Mossad’s secret role in Aldo Moro’s 1978 murder revealed

Mossad’s secret role in Aldo Moro’s 1978 murder exposed

  • Politics
  • 5 Oct 2025

Coverage

All
War on Gaza

Read Next

All
In this May 20, 20201, photo Marine Gen. Frank McKenzie, the head of US Central Command, arrives in Baghdad, Iraq (AP)
Politics

US spent $33 billion on post-Oct.7 genocide, wars, Brown Uni reports

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., holds a news conference to mark the seventh day of the government shutdown, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025. (AP)
Politics

US troops face unpaid wages as government shutdown drags on

Mourners wave Hezbollah and a Palestinian flag during the funeral of Hezbollah former leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah and his successor Sayyed Hashem Safieddine in the Sports City Stadium in Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, February 23, 2025 (AP)
Politics

Hezbollah voices support for Gaza, Resistance on October 7 anniversary

Al-Aqsa Flood restored Palestinian cause on the global stage: Hamas
Politics

Al-Aqsa Flood restored Palestinian cause on the global stage: Hamas

Al Mayadeen English

Al Mayadeen is an Arab Independent Media Satellite Channel.

All Rights Reserved

  • x
  • Privacy Policy
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Authors
Android
iOS