Stanford Analysis Links Climate Change Driven Extreme Rainfall To Sixty Percent Of Historic Peruvian Dengue Outbreak
Stanford study finds climate change tripled the risk of Peru’s dengue epidemic, with extreme rain and heat directly causing 22,000 additional infections.
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Published: Mar 17, 2026, 12:22 PM EDT
Source: Information for this report was sourced from Stanford University
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Stanford Analysis Links Climate Change Driven Extreme Rainfall To Sixty Percent Of Historic Peruvian Dengue Outbreak
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A new study published in One Earth reveals that anthropogenic climate change has tripled the probability of conditions that fueled Peru's record-breaking 2023 dengue epidemic. Researchers pinpointed that extreme precipitation and warming temperatures directly caused 22,000 additional infections, highlighting an immediate health crisis fueled by shifting global weather patterns.
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