Photo: "Deadly Dozen" Diseases Could Stem From Global Warming

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Tick populations will shift as a result of climate change, bringing Lyme disease to new regions and infecting more animals and people. An October 2008 study suggests that global warming will lead to new outbreaks of other dangerous diseases as well.

Photograph by James Gathany

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