{"id":49310,"date":"2020-06-19T14:37:53","date_gmt":"2020-06-19T18:37:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/?post_type=r_cas_research&#038;p=49310"},"modified":"2020-06-22T16:15:17","modified_gmt":"2020-06-22T20:15:17","slug":"the-link-between-climate-change-pandemics","status":"publish","type":"r_cas_research","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/research\/the-link-between-climate-change-pandemics\/","title":{"rendered":"Where Climate Change &#038; Pandemics Meet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/cas\/files\/2020\/06\/marta-matyszczyk-Is7qgeqp3cY-unsplash.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-49311\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/files\/2020\/06\/marta-matyszczyk-Is7qgeqp3cY-unsplash.jpg 5369w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/files\/2020\/06\/marta-matyszczyk-Is7qgeqp3cY-unsplash-636x426.jpg 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/files\/2020\/06\/marta-matyszczyk-Is7qgeqp3cY-unsplash-768x515.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/files\/2020\/06\/marta-matyszczyk-Is7qgeqp3cY-unsplash-1024x686.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/files\/2020\/06\/marta-matyszczyk-Is7qgeqp3cY-unsplash-755x506.jpg 755w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/files\/2020\/06\/marta-matyszczyk-Is7qgeqp3cY-unsplash-320x214.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/files\/2020\/06\/marta-matyszczyk-Is7qgeqp3cY-unsplash-620x415.jpg 620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Social distancing may <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/research\/less-commuting-less-pollution\/\">clear up the air<\/a> temporarily, but some of the factors and human behaviors that contribute to climate change may also be linked to the cause of pandemics. <\/span>That includes deforestation and other actions that bring wildlife and humans closer together, and also how extreme weather affects various animal populations.<\/p>\n<p>Boston University scientists are studying what these correlations mean\u00a0for the health of humans, animals, and the planet. Associate Professor of Earth and Environment <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/earth\/profiles\/michael-dietze\/\"><strong>Michael Dietze<\/strong><\/a>, along with faculty from the\u00a0School of Public Health and School of Medicine, spoke with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/articles\/2020\/ticks-mosquitoes-infectious-disease-carriers-expanding-their-range\/\"><em>The Brink<\/em><\/a> about his research on deer ticks and how an increase in temperature means scientists have to rethink how animal-borne illnesses spread.<\/p>\n<p><span>Photo Credit:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@matyszczyk?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Marta Matyszczyk<\/a> on <a href=\"\/s\/photos\/ticks?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Unsplash<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What causes a pandemic may also cause climate change. BU scientists discuss how that changes what we know about both.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":49311,"template":"","department":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/discovery\/49310"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/discovery"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/r_cas_research"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49311"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"r_cas_department","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/department?post=49310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}