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Are mosquitoes becoming more dangerous?

Natalie Muller
February 4, 2022

Disease-spreading mosquitoes kill more humans than any other animal. They are responsible for 1 million deaths per year. Global heating will expose half the world's population to dangerous mosquitoes by 2050. Time for drastic measures?

https://p.dw.com/p/46WPt

Interviewee featured in this episode:

Artur Jöst, Biologist and Head of the Exotic Mosquitoes Department at KABS (regional mosquito task force in southwest Germany)

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