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    many towns in Martin County When Ben heard of the Florida land boom, he instantly rushed down to buy land. He bought 4 square miles; it wasn’t that much. But this real estate agent, merchant, and Minneapolis local, decided to travel down to the mosquito- laden area of what is now Port Salerno. The land he bought was called, Aberdeen, but he called it, “Utopia.” Ben named the land after himself, eventually Mulford, but after it got confused with Fulford, it was changed to Salerno to avoid…

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    For the past eight years, Florida orange trees have been experiencing “greening” Greening is a bacterial disease that is passed on from one tree to the next by a “mosquito-like bug called the Asian Citrus Psyllid” (Smith, “How a little Asian bug is crushing the U.S. OJ business”). The bacteria grows inside of the tree and blocks its arteries, the tree will have trouble moving nutrients from leaf to root. While the…

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    longer more intense allergy season. As if it wasn’t already long enough. The spread of insect borne diseases has also became a big player in health problems with climate change. In recent years several thousand people have died from the effects of mosquito…

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    When looking at a children's book it is difficult to evaluate what is good and what is bad. The book “Grandma Jenny’s Trip” written by Bently Spang and published by Rigby does a good job. The book is nonfiction about his grandmother Jenny, who lived on the Northern Cheyenne Reservation when Native Americans were just getting used to reservation living. Jenny’s life was in a time where Native Americans were starting to understand how to live like the “White Man”, this was the only way to…

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    groups are little children, babies, pregnant women and old people, who need more care in these days, but in fact all of us are vulnerable. The most common conditions are dehydrating, overheating, gastrointestinal infections, sunburn, heatstroke, mosquito and insects transferring diseases, skin allergies and rashes. What should we drink?…

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    reprogrammed mosquitoes to be malaria-resistance.” (PBS, 2015) this displays how the machine, CRISPR-Cas9, can be used to perform gene editing and other things such as treating some mosquitoes to prevent many people from developing malaria from a mosquito bite. In the end, there are some benefits to gene editing the biggest and most persuading being the potential to prevent…

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    A mutation is any change in the DNA sequence. Sometimes a base is deleted or extra bases are added. Most common is a point mutation, where a single base is substituted for another, but some of these occur in the non-coding sequences and become a silent mutation. When a DNA change remains unrepaired in a cell, it is passed down to the offspring. However, most mutations result in recessive genes. Because humans are diploid, meaning that the individual has two sets of chromosomes from each parent,…

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    the food, and of how she looked because she was a black Filipino. My mom loved the Philippines because everything was cheap and it was absolutely beautiful, but there were some challenges. When she was there it was super hot and there was a lot of mosquitos. She wasn’t expecting that because weather in California was different. It was different because here in…

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    their eyes. Vincent Racaniello, a virologist at Columbia University, said, "...I think we should worry about the viruses that could jump out of mammals on Earth right now." McFadden agrees, giving examples of viruses spread by insects(specifically mosquitos). By reviving the frankenvirus, scientists could pave the way for the possibility of worse viruses being uncovered. Yes, reanimating the frankenvirus could possibly propel mankind into an age of higher immunity to diseases. The…

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    Climate Change In Africa

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    vegetation, increase diseases, infections and viruses and also destroy homes. Such examples include when Mozambique experienced a flood when the valley of the lower Limpopo river flooded. Moist or hotter conditions can cause malaria to thrive as mosquitos can breed in hotter conditions. In accordance with a case study in Via Afrika, “The highest mountain in Africa, Mount Kilimanjaro also has experienced a decrease ice fields and snow-caps. Mount Kenya only has 25% of its glacial ice left. The…

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