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Climate change turns eco-horror fiction into reality
Original: Commentary: Killer mosquitoes, rabid bats and bear attacks: Climate change is making eco-horror feel real
A Los Angeles Times commentary argues that climate change is making so-called eco-horror scenarios feel real, citing killer mosquitoes, rabid bats and bear attacks as examples of environmental shifts bringing humans into closer, more dangerous contact with wildlife and disease vectors. The piece suggests fiction about nature turning hostile increasingly mirrors reported events, and readers are engaging with the idea that ecological disruption is producing tangible threats once confined to horror stories.
Why now: Rising encounters with disease-carrying and aggressive wildlife are being linked to climate change, making the theme newly relevant.
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- Commentary: Killer mosquitoes, rabid bats and bear attacks: Climate change is making eco-horror feel real · Los Angeles Times
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