Scientists are looking at how the tick population, source of the bacteria that cause Lyme disease, might spread in relation to climate change. "And so what we wanted to do is examine that model of the tick population and the conditions for the tick population and tick expansion and reproduction with the scenarios of the intergovernmental planning for climate change." The researchThe group, whose findings were published last week in a journal called Environmental Health Perspectives, used 13 of the most advanced models on the future of climate change. Climate change's weightBeltrami said he wanted to focus on the connection between climate change and the tick population because climate change is central to many societal problems today. "What can we tell communities about climate change so that they can actually do something about it?"

Source: CBC News June 08, 2017 19:21 UTC