He also warns that we should not overlook the risk of respiratory disease caused by pollen being exacerbated as plants 'flowering periods grow longer due to warming, and he notes that along the coasts of Central and South America, a type of alga that harbors the cholera bacterium has been spreading widely following the rise in sea temperatures. Occurrence of cholera has jumped to unprecedented levels, to the alarm of disease control experts.
而在中南美沿海，一種常散佈霍亂菌的藻類跟著海溫升高大量蔓延，以藻類為宿主的霍亂菌也伺機在沿岸地區造成前所未有的疫情，讓防疫專家對氣候暖化的後遺症深感憂心。