ANTC68H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Lifesaving, Asthma, Natural Disaster
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Lecture 4 malaria & other health effects of climate change. Soil missing at least one nutrient (promotes biodiversity; bad for growing single crop, monoculture , cash crops) Selection for microorganisms that can decompose organic material (ex. fungus) High species diversity: reptiles, birds, mammals, amphibians, insects, microorganisms. No traditional seasons rainy vs. wet. No dormant winter period (no rejuvenation of soil nutrients, no killing off of disease vectors, multiple. Soil promotes diversity but not good for agriculture. Soil shallow (high leaching, erosion) generations of vectors within one year) Insect vectors exist in tropic areas but not in places like canada (less disease here) Temperate regions (where there are lots of different temperatures throughout the year europe, north america) Note that tropical countries (in africa, southeast asia, south america) also tend to be the poorest. Human population: dense, poor, high level of endemic diseases (recall: syndemic potential), lack of.
