Felicia Keesing Speaks to the Washington Post about Mitigating Impacts of Climate Change to Lower Disease Risk

A newly published scientific study looks at the ways in which environmental problems, ravaged ecosystems, and biodiversity losses due to climate change and other human activities can compound infectious disease risks, including increasing the likelihood of future pandemics. The Washington Post writes about the study’s findings and quotes Felicia Keesing, David and Rosalie Rose Distinguished Professor of Science, Mathematics, and Computing at Bard. “This adds to a very long list of reasons we should be rapidly moving away from fossil fuels and trying to mitigate the impacts of climate change,” said Keesing, who was not involved in the study but whose research focuses on biodiversity and disease risks.

Post Date: 05-15-2024