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Deadly Fungal Infections Confound Doctors—‘It’s Going to Get Worse’ (archive.is)

submitted 1 year ago by bernieecclestoned to c/[email protected]

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[–] Angry_Maple 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

If any of you are interested in a book that talks about new bizarre fungi associated with the increasing climate, I really recommend "The Fifth Extinction:An Unnatural History", by Elizabeth Kolbert.

The book was published back in 2014, but scientists were already seeing similar effects on animals within the amazon. A lot of animals are thought to be at risk of extinction because of fungus associated with rising temperatures. There was a very big focus on amphibians and small animals. I could totally see that trend expanding across more species, especially after nearly another decade.

[–] bernieecclestoned 2 points 1 year ago

Thanks, will give it a read

[–] WheeGeetheCat 1 points 1 year ago

I'm pretty sure I read that mammals originally evolved warm blood to help fight fungal infections. If you think about human body temp, it's not much more than ambient temp in a lot of places now. In fact it's often less