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What Problems will Climate Change Cause?

Human Health Threats

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Human health will be affected by global climate change in the future. With warmer temperatures, there will be more heat-related illnesses. Breathing problems may increase because higher temperatures increase urban air pollution. The malaria mosquito may be able to spread to new regions of the world where it is currently too cold for it to survive.

Mosquito on Human Skin

(Image: United States Department of Agriculture.)