A new study suggests that it’s getting easier for ticks to survive and spread thanks to climate change.

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Climate change could help ticks spread diseases via migrating birds

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(Photo by Georg Wietschorke via Pexels) By Stephen Beech via SWNS Ticks could spread new diseases around the world by hitching a lift on migrating birds, warns new research. The parasitic bugs have always traveled with birds - but rising temperatures due to global warming mean they may now survive at their destination along with the diseases they carry, say scientists. Some journeys can take ticks thousands of miles from their usual geographic r…

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Ticks travel light, but they carry pathogens with them. When they parasitize migrating birds, these journeys can take them thousands of miles away from their usual geographic range. Historically, they haven't been able to establish themselves due to unsuitable climate conditions at the other end of their long journeys. But now, thanks to the climate crisis, it's getting easier for ticks to survive and spread, potentially bringing novel tick-born…

Climate change could help ticks spread diseases via migrating birds

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