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69 ”hosts and pathogens, the length of the transmission season, and the timing and intensity”

Union of Concerned Scientists, ”Early Warning Signs of Global Warming: Spreading Disease,” /2012/08/24/health-officials-no-need-to-call-911-for-mosquito-bites/.

74 The disease eventually spread

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, ”West Nile Virus,” November 20, 2012,

75 ”long-term extreme weather phenomena a.s.sociated with climate change”

Paul Epstein, ”West Nile Virus and the Climate,” Journal of Urban Health 78 (2001): 36771.

76 have been predicting the effects of climate change on West Nile

Christie Wilc.o.x, ”Is Climate to Blame for This Year's West Nile Outbreak?,” Scientific American, August 22, 2012.

77 hottest decade ever measured

NASA GISS, ”2009: Second Warmest Year on Record; End of Warmest Decade,” January 21, 2010, /sites/default/files/Turn_Down_the_heat_Why_a_4_degree_centrigrade_warmer_world_must_be_avoided.pdf.

85 ”no certainty that adaptation to a 4 degree C world is possible”