Sunday, December 23, 2007

Italy goes tropical with warming

Global warming bummer for the Italians: chikungunya, a tropical disease native to the Indian Ocean region (a relative of dengue fever), has moved in. It's carried by tiger mosquitoes, which are able to thrive in Italy now that the temperature's gone up. The New York Times has more on this story.

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