How will climate change transform US cities:
People in Sao Paulo have to carry plastic bottles to fill up with water at a community kiosk after their water was shut off.
The worst drought in 80 years has been exacerbated by deforestation in the Amazon basin but that's only part of the problem here: the water system is polluted and has horrendously leaky pipes, which could be a threat to people's health as their source clean and consumable water is becoming limited.
every day, another 2,000 people move to the Bangladeshi capital. It's nothing new - for generations Dhaka has been a magnet for those escaping rural poverty - but now climate change is accelerating the race to the city.
Ocean transportation routes account for 90% of global trade. The vast majority of these goods were transported by container ships. These are massive vessels that are loaded with containers - large metal boxes that can be easily placed on lorries, trains and ships.
The melting of ice in the Arctic offers huge potential for the transport of products between the North Atlantic and North Pacific, yet this is not entirely beneficial. There are several concerns:
As humans burn more and more fossil fuels, heat - trapping gases like carbon dioxide are released into our our atmosphere. as a result, we're seeing warmer than-average years, extreme heatwaves, and heavier rains. The perfect condition for insects to thrive.
These vectors live longer lives in extended periods of warm weather. Fly into new areas that were previously too cold. And reproduce in water deposits left by the rain.
Climate change is also giving a helping hand to waterborne pathogens like bacteria, viruses, and protozoa, which flourish in warmer waters and endanger our health.
Malaria: In Ethiopia and Colombia, scientists observed that malaria’s range shifted to warmer areas between 1990 to 2005. In part because the transmitting mosquito thrives in the heat. But also, because the parasite that causes malaria reproduces faster inside the vector mosquito when the weather is warmer.