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Climate may influence human well-being through changes in food production, water availability, spread of infectious diseases, and frequency of heat waves. The most notable historical examples of extreme adverse climate consequences were in the Dark Ages (500 to 1000 AD) and in the Little Ice Age, both of which periods had extreme persistent cold, leading to massive crop failures, famines, widespread disease and greatly higher direct mortality due to extreme cold.

The mosquito that trasmits dengue fever obtaining a blood meal from the photographer.

James Gathany, CDC

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Disease (main)

Food Security (Food security)

Heat Waves (main)

Water Security (main)

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