Health and Well-being
The Frog will explore The Climate Action Handbook: A Visual Guide to 100 Climate Solutions by Heidi Roop in the first 100 days of 2024
In the first `100 days of 2024 we will explore 100 climate solutions that may “empower you to evaluate, engage, and act” to address on-going climate change as an individual on your terms.
As the climate changes there will be winners and losers. If we don’t act fast, we could be the losers. The winners? In the US it is likely to be ticks and mosquitos. Ticks like warm environments and climate change is creating more habitat where they thrive. The have a longer season and are migrating north to areas where they were previously excluded – and thriving. This is leading to more illness, mostly Lyme’s disease, which has doubled in the last two decades.
Mosquitos too. A study in the journal Nature Microbiology predicts that by 2050 close to 50% of the world’s population will be at increased risk from mosquito-borne diseases like dengue, yellow fever, chikungunya and Zika. Climate change is increasing the range of the mosquito species Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus, the primary vectors for the spread of the Zika virus. According to the CDC, there is currently no vaccine or medicine to treat Zika.
There is a simple action to take. Avoid tick and mosquito bites. That’s it. Three approaches: use repellent, wear loose-fitting, long-sleeved shirts and pants, and do what you can to control mosquitoes inside and outside of your home.
You can always stay indoors, I suppose.
Next Up: Climate Action in 2024 – Day 76: Don’t Discount Climate Anxiety
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