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Extreme Weather Boosts Pathogens and Disease Spread, Study Finds
As climate change brings worsening heatwaves and other extreme weather, scientists are warning that these conditions are more suitable for pathogens to spread disease. In a new study published in PLOS Climate, researchers investigated how heatwaves influenced a host, Daphnia magna or water fleas, and a parasite, Ordospora colligata. The team measured parasite fitness alongside varying amplitudes and durations of heatwaves. “We manipulated the am…
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Founded in 2005 as an Ohio-based environmental newspaper, EcoWatch is a digital platform dedicated to publishing quality, science-based content on environmental issues, causes, and solutions. As climate change brings worsening heatwaves and other extreme weather, scientists are warning that these conditions are more suitable for pathogens to spread disease. In a new study published in PLOS Climate, researchers investigated how heatwaves influen…
In recent years, nature has been sending increasingly clear signals that the climate in our world is changing inexorably. Nature photographer and observer Marius Čepulis says that we can also notice the effects of climate change in Lithuania - new species of animals and parasites are appearing, and some of the vegetation we are familiar with is starting to retreat from Lithuania. Changes are happening so quickly that nature does not have time to…
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