Public Health
The CSIRO predicts that the additional results in Australia of a temperature rise of between only 1 and 2 degrees celsius will be:
- Southward spread of malaria receptive zones.
- Risk of dengue fever among Australian's increases from 0.17 million people to 0.75-1.6 million.
- 10% increase in diarrhoeal diseases among Aboriginal children in central Australia.
- 100% increase in number of people exposed to flooding in Australia.
- Increased influx of refugees from Pacific Islands.
Read more about this topic: Effects Of Global Warming On Australia
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