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Scientists say more than half of the world's known human pathogenic diseases, such as dengue, malaria and cholera have become more abundant because of climate change. Researchers found that 58% of human diseases, some 218 out of a known 375, have been made worse by extreme weather events such as flooding, heat waves and drought, which are linked to climate change.

Erik Franklin is an associate research professor at the University of Hawaii and co-author of the study. He told Newsday about the spread of diseases in areas where they once did not exist and the unknown potential for diseases of the past re-emerging. He said: 鈥淭here鈥檚 been anthrax outbreaks in the Arctic circle that have been suggested to be from a bacterial strain that was ancient and only emerged once these animal corpses from the frozen ground thawed.鈥�

(Picture: A group of viruses together as seen under a microscope. Credit: Getty Images.)