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From ice to outbreak: How climate change could unleash diseases in the Arctic

By Mary McAuliffe April 30, 2025
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Melting ice and permafrost in the Arctic region combined with biodiversity loss may be making communities in the Far North more vulnerable to “zoonotic” diseases, or those that can jump from animals to humans, according to a study.

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