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Climate change will bring death for unexpected reasons | Heat death and cataclysmic storms are only the start of our worries
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this post was submitted on 21 Feb 2024
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I think that one was inevitable, due to humans encroaching upon the bats territory and how fast it mutates - people were warning about it being inevitable over a decade ago. But yeah, climate change could bring about the next one. (Link)