Streptococcus suis, a bacterium covered by a “sugar coat” (e.g. capsular polysaccharide), kills young pigs, resulting in significant economic problems for the global swine industry. Contaminated animals or pork can transmit disease to humans.
For megacities located in low-lying coastal areas, the threat of climate change is an added stressor to rapid population growth, as well as economic, social, health and cultural challenges.
To date, projections of future climate change have been based on averaged temperatures over decades. But at local and regional levels, climate variability and the occurrence of extreme events affect communities the most.