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Malaria Claiming More British Birds |
Malaria is killing growing numbers of British birds including nightingales, sparrows and chaffinches, say scientists who claim climate change is fuelling the disease.
Twenty years ago few British species showed regular signs of infection but now some 30 types are infected, monitoring projects have found.
The problem is linked to a rapid growth in mosquito populations, which is attributed to a rise of about 1C in global average temperature.
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