Is Climate Change To Blame For Outbreaks Of Mosquito-Borne Disease?

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A changing climate may contribute to more mosquito-borne disease, but it doesn’t guarantee it. john dunstan/Flickr, CC BY-NC

The east coast of Australia is currently experiencing one of its worst outbreaks of mosquito-borne disease in years. Mosquitoes have plagued the summer and now there’s a dramatic increase in disease caused by Ross River virus, spread by the bite of mosquitoes.