Climate crisis is accelerating antibiotic resistance across world, study says

Rising temperatures and altered rain patters amplify the antimicrobial resistance genes in pathogens such as salmonella, the researchers said in a study. Photograph: Janice Haney Carr/Centers for Di/PA

The climate crisis is accelerating a global increase in antibiotic resistance that poses a serious threat to human health, experts have said as figures show a rise in salmonella antibiotic resistant genes.

Antibiotic resistance is one of the fastest-growing threats to global health. It can affect people of any age in any country and already kills more than 1 million people a year, according to estimates.