Health
The next pandemic may be spurred by Amazon’s deforestation | Daily Sabah – Daily Sabah
As farms expand into the Amazon rainforest, felled trees and expanding pastures may open the way for new Brazilian exports beyond beef and soybeans, researchers…
As farms expand into the Amazon rainforest, felled trees and expanding pastures may open the way for new Brazilian exports beyond beef and soybeans, researchers say: pandemic diseases.
Changes in the Amazon are driving displaced species of animals, from bats to monkeys to mosquitoes, into new areas, while opening the region to arrivals of more savanna-adapted species, including rodents.
Those shifts, combined with greater human interaction with animals as people move deeper into the forest, is…
-
General22 hours agoSector warns Coalition’s plan to limit overseas students ‘straight out of Trump’s playbook’
-
Noosa News23 hours agoHomicide investigation launched into stabbing death of 39-year-old Brisbane man at Bowen Hills apartment
-
Noosa News22 hours agoMeasles alert issued across popular south-east attractions
-
General16 hours agoCoalition abandons ‘end’ to work from home, walks back 41,000 job cuts