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Friday, September 11, 2015

Snakebites surge during El Niño's hot and cold phases, study shows

Climate change might have a nasty bite. A new study on snakebite rates in Costa Rica has found that the bite rate shoots up during El Niño - at both the hot and cold parts of the cycle - and that the problem disproportionately impacts poor, rural populations.

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