Ancient fossils reveal rise in parasitic infections due to climate change
Tuesday, January 13, 2015 - 00:02
in Paleontology & Archaeology
A paleobiologist has found indications of a greater risk of parasitic infection due to climate change in ancient mollusk fossils. His study of clams from the Holocene Epoch indicates that current sea level rise may mimic the same conditions that led to an upsurge in parasitic trematodes, or flatworms, he found from that time. He cautions that an outbreak in human infections could occur.