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Mosquitoes Are Getting Deadlier

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Channel: The YEARS Project · 2018 · News & Politics

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It might surprise you, but the mosquitos are the deadliest animal on Earth. And they're about to get a lot more dangerous, thanks to climate change. 

SOURCES:
[i] GatesNotes.com. The Deadliest Animal in the World. Apr. 25th. 2014.   https://www.gatesnotes.com/Health/Most-Lethal-Animal-Mosquito-Week 
[ii] PasteMagazine.com. Warming Signs: Climate Change Means More Mosquito-borne Illnesses Like Zika. Feb. 22. 2017.https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2017/02/warming-signs-climate-change-means-more-mosquito-b.html
[iii] Ibid.
[iv] WashingtonPost.com. A bugged life: Warm winter could mean more insects. Mar. 10th. 2012.https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/a-bugged-life-warm-winter-could-mean-more-insects/2012/03/07/gIQA5b033R_story.html?utm_term=.e9764e97404c
[v] PasteMagazine.com. Warming Signs: Climate Change Means More Mosquito-borne Illnesses Like Zika. Feb. 22. 2017. https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2017/02/warming-signs-climate-change-means-more-mosquito-b.html
[vi] ClimateCentral.org.More Mosquito Days Increasing Zika Risk in U.S. Jul. 27th. 2016. http://www.climatecentral.org/news/more-mosquito-days-increasing-zika-risk-in-us-20553
[vii]  NCBI.NLM.NIH.Gov. Evidence for an Overwintering Population of Aedes aegypti in Capitol Hill Neighborhood, Washington, DC. Jan. 6th. 2016. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4710436/
[viii] NYTimes.com. Why the Menace of Mosquitoes Will Only Get Worse. Apr. 20th. 2017. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/20/magazine/why-the-menace-of-mosquitoes-will-only-get-worse.html?mtrref=www.google.com&gwh=E9F193813152512C5722F388809CF12B&gwt=pay
[ix] Ibid.
[x] QZ.com. Swarmed with mosquitoes after Harvey, Texas calls in the US Air Force. Sept. 13th. 2017. https://qz.com/1075935/swarmed-with-mosquitoes-after-harvey-texas-calls-in-the-us-air-force/
[xi] NYTimes.com. Why the Menace of Mosquitoes Will Only Get Worse. Apr. 20th. 2017. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/20/magazine/why-the-menace-of-mosquitoes-will-only-get-worse.html?mtrref=www.google.com&gwh=E9F193813152512C5722F388809CF12B&gwt=pay

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