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Warmer Maine Winters And Rising Humidity Mean More Ticks — And Tick-borne Diseases
Category: Government & Organizations
Duration: 00:05:39
Publish Date: 2019-09-19 16:40:52
Description: This week Maine Public is focusing coverage on climate change, and threats it poses to Maine and to the planet. Among those threats is an increasing number of tick-borne diseases . Researchers say warmer winters and rising humidity have helped fuel the northward expansion of the ticks' range. Changes in climate are also making Maine more hospitable for new species of ticks and the diseases they carry.
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