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Nobody said that being UC president would be easy: the temperature tomorrow morning will be 28 degrees—21 with the wind chill—according to The Weather Channel. —Staff writer Christian B. Flow can be reached at cflow@fas.harvard.edu...
...That's because the mosquito that infects most people with dengue, the striped Aedes aegypti, does better in warm, wet weather. Regions experiencing rising temperatures and longer rainy seasons are seeing large outbreaks year after year, and what has previously been thought of as a tropical disease is popping up in more temperate regions. Nepal and Bhutan saw their first cases in recent years, as did isolated spots such as Easter Island. Today, an estimated 2.5 billion people live in areas where dengue is endemic. The WHO expects millions more will be added in coming years. "Dengue is an evolving...
...Weather isn't doing the job alone. As more and more people migrate to cities, they create additional opportunities for the mosquito to spread the virus. The problem is particularly acute in developing countries, where inadequate utilities mean residents must store water in jars and tanks - prime breeding grounds for the Aedes aegypti. Increasing air travel is also a factor as infected fliers spread the disease quickly worldwide. "It's simplistic to suggest that the increasing outbreak is solely caused by climate change," says Simon Hales, a senior research fellow at New Zealand's University of Otago. "But those...
...live in a pretty foul apartment," Davis, 22, says with a cheerful laugh. "I have no furniture except a mattress on the floor and an Ikea nightstand. I live out of my suitcases. I also have a coffee maker and cereal." She endures her Spartan digs, the hot weather, cold weather, countless stump speeches and 15-hour workdays as a staffer, all the while enthusiastically urging Iowans to vote for Joe Biden on January 3. "Sometimes it's so hard to get out of bed but I know how important the work is that I'm doing," says Davis...
...window and yelled ‘Shut up! People are trying to sleep in here.’” Peter J. Huybers, an assistant professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences and self-described fan of the snow, said it is difficult to predict what kind of weather is in store for this winter. To help out with the cold, the Harvard College Financial Aid Office and the Freshman Dean’s Office awards money to low-income freshmen for coats and other winter accessories through the “coat fund...