Finally, Concrete Proof That Global Warming Is a Good Thing
Global warming is always getting a bad rap. Sure, entire nations
are drowning in rising sea levels and whatnot, but there's some
good news: The number of bubonic plague cases in the U.S. is
dropping thanks to... global warming.  Of course, mankind
benefits greatly from global warming. We get longer summers. And
fast melting icecaps mean all of that Arctic oil will be easier
to pull from the ocean floor. But it gets even better. According
to a new study in The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and
Hygiene, warmer nighttime temperatures are having a direct
effect on the spread of humankind's greatest existential threat:
the bubonic plague.  Scientists call the plague bacteria
yersinia pestis, while we like to call it the Black Death. It's
transmitted through flea-carrying rodents. So how are icecaps,
fleas and the plague related? From the Times:  Cases have
dropped over time, and the study concluded that rising nighttime
temperatures since 1990 ha