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Global Warming Impacts: Health Effects Infectious Disease Extreme Weather Conclusions Doctors and scientists around the world are becoming increasingly alarmed over global warming’s impact on human health. Abnormal and extreme weather, which scientists have long predicted would be an early effect of global warming, have claimed hundreds of lives across the US in recent years. Our warming climate is also creating the ideal conditions for the spread of infectious disease, putting millions of people at risk. As part of its research the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a United Nations sponsored organization made up of over 2500 of the world’s leading scientists, examined the impacts global warming will likely have on human health. They concluded that human induced climate change "is likely to have wide-ranging and mostly adverse impacts on human health, with significant loss of life." The IPCC's results are a grim indication that in the future rising temperatures may be measured in bodies, not degrees. NEXT Up to Top HOME | Email Signup | About Us | Contact Us | Terms of Use