Climate change causes a variety of issues

I appreciated Gerald Ray’s letter in last week’s paper regarding the spread of the Zika virus.

This virus, and others, is one more symptom of climate change. Veterinarians in Montana are starting to see diseases in pets and livestock they’ve not seen before. Why? As the planet warms, the range of the mosquitoes that carry the viruses like the Zika virus increases. We’re also experiencing record droughts, record heat, and record wildfires.

I hate to say this, but we will see more of these kinds of things in our future unless we limit the risks of climate change by reducing our greenhouse gas em...