Mix Mistress Alice💄"Due to rising temperatures, the Organization of Ibero-American States (EOI) has warned of new threats. The tiger mosquito, from Southeast Asia, has begun to colonize much of Catalonia and the Valencian Community. Tropical diseases such as malaria, Zika virus, Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever, West Nile virus, and others are re-emerging in Spain in areas where they were previously eradicated or never occurred, as high temperatures allow the vectors (mainly mosquitoes) that transmit them to persist."—Juanjo Santos
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Spain Ranks First Among European Countries in Terms of Heat-Related Mortality - Climate Scorecard
However, the mitigation measures implemented thus far are insufficient. Spain ranks first among European countries where heat-related mortality has increased the most during this century. This is highlighted in the second report of ‘The Lancet Countdown’ indicators in Europe, led by the Barcelona Supercomputing Center-National Supercomputing Center (BSC-CNS) in collaboration with 40 other European...