The World's Biggest Study on Parasites Has Found Something Terrible. They're Dying.
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This is not a good thing.
A tick-borne meat allergy is spreading: 3 stories you may have missed
Human Nature,
Editor's note: News about conservation and the environment is made every day, but some of it can fly under the radar. In a…
As Our World Changes, What We Don't Know About Parasites Could Be Deadly
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An important part of the ecosystem.
What We Don't Know About Parasites in Our Changing World Could Be Deadly
Science Alert,
We can't ignore parasites any longer.
Ceratophyllus (Emmareus) fionnus
Parasite of the Day,
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Study Shows Climate Change Threatens Soil Organisms Essential to Life
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(Beyond Pesticides, September 29, 2017) Protect polar bears and “big charismatic wildlife!” But do not ignore the microscopic…
The Perilous Future of Earth's Parasites
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Climate change may drive as many as one in three parasite species extinct by 2070. That's very bad.Whatever little attention…
Climate change threatens parasites with extinction
THE WILDLIFE SOCIETY,
Next to polar bears clinging to melting icebergs drifting through the sea, slimy, coiled worms floating in jars of formaldehyde…
The world’s parasites are going extinct – Here’s why that’s a bad thing
Desdemona Despair,
By Ben Panko7 September 2017(Smithsonian) – What if the world’s parasites suddenly went extinct? Given how much work we’ve put…
Climate Change Could Wipe Out a Third of Parasite Species, Study Finds
Slashdot,
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The New York Times (Warning: source may be paywalled, alternative source): Recently…
Irma dredges up snakes, alligators, and, of course, the ‘Florida Man.’
Grist,
The Florida Department of Health warned that some wildlife would be popping up in strange places in Hurricane Irma’s aftermath.
Global warming will kill a third of the world’s parasites, and that’s not even a good thing
ZME Science,
Parasites are a hard sell, but we would certainly gain a lot by understanding their threats.
Irma has broken a mind-boggling number of records.
Grist,
Colorado State University meteorologist Philip Klotzbach is a weather savant. In the midst of a storm that’s put many experts…
Western wildfires could still be burning by Halloween.
Grist,
While many are predicted to be contained by mid-September, some of the fires won’t be contained until late October or even Nov.
Irma, Jose, Katia: We’ve never seen this kind of hurricane power in the Atlantic.
Grist,
The three storms collectively represent the most hurricane activity in the Atlantic Ocean, in terms of strength and size, in…
Here’s why Irma is a monster hurricane, in one GIF.
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The last Category 5 hurricane to make landfall in the United States was Andrew, which lashed South Florida with wind gusts of…
Climate change is threatening parasites — and unfortunately, that’s not a good thing.
Grist,
One would think that the demise of ticks and tapeworms would be cause for celebration (especially if your introduction to…
Hurricane Irma flattens homes and causes power outages in the Caribbean.
Grist,
The deadly storm, the strongest ever recorded in the Atlantic, caused devastation throughout the eastern Caribbean on Wednesday…
Глобальное потепление вызовет массовое вымирание паразитов
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Глобальное потепление может уничтожить треть животных-паразитов к 2070 году
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Climate change could wipe out a third of parasite species, study finds
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Parasites such as lice and fleas are crucial to ecosystems, scientists say, and extinctions could lead to unpredictable…