Given below are two statements :
Statement I : In many cases, both organisms and human infrastructure will not be able to move or adapt quickly enough to changing climate.
Statement II : Infectious diseases are likely to increase as a result of global warming.
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below :
Both Statement I and Statement II are true.
This question tests understanding of the consequences of climate change.
Statement I says that in many cases both organisms and human infrastructure will not be able to move or adapt quickly enough to changing climate. This is true. The pace of modern climate change often outstrips the rate at which species can migrate or evolve, and human infrastructure (built for historic climate conditions) cannot be relocated or redesigned fast enough, leading to stranded assets, damage and displacement.
Statement II says infectious diseases are likely to increase as a result of global warming. This is true. Warming expands the geographic range and active season of disease vectors such as mosquitoes (malaria, dengue) and enables water-borne pathogens to spread, so the incidence and spread of infectious disease is expected to rise.
Both statements are independently correct and are well-documented climate-change impacts, so both are true.
Why the other options are wrong:
Saying both are false denies two widely accepted scientific findings.
Saying only the first is true wrongly rejects the well-established link between warming and infectious disease.
Saying only the second is true wrongly rejects the adaptation-lag problem faced by organisms and infrastructure.
Takeaway: Rapid climate change causes both an adaptation lag and a rise in infectious diseases.
Correct answer: Both Statement I and Statement II are true.
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