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Climate Change Could Wipe Out a Third of Parasite Species, Study Finds (nytimes.com)
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The New York Times (Warning: source may be paywalled, alternative source): Recently, scientists carried out the first large-scale study of what climate change may do to the world's much-loathed parasites. The team came to a startling conclusion: as many as one in three parasite species may face extinction in the next century. As global warming raises the planet's temperature, the researchers found, many species will lose territory in which to survive. Some of their hosts will be lost, too. Researchers have begun carefully studying the roles that parasites play. They make up the majority of the biomass in some ecosystems, outweighing predators sharing their environments by a factor of 20 to 1. For decades, scientists who studied food webs drew lines between species -- between wildebeest and the grass they grazed on, for example, and between the wildebeest and the lions that ate them. In a major oversight, they didn't factor in the extent to which parasites feed on hosts. As it turns out, as much as 80 percent of the lines in a given food web are links to parasites. They are big players in the food supply.
Some researchers had already investigated the fate of a few parasite species, but Colin J. Carlson, lead author of the study and a graduate student at the University of California, Berkeley, and his colleagues wanted to get a global view of the impact of climate change. Some kinds won't lose much in a warming world, the study found. For instance, thorny-headed worms are likely to be protected because their hosts, fish and birds, are common and widespread. But other types, such as fleas and tapeworms, may not be able to tolerate much change in temperature; many others infect only hosts that are facing extinction, as well. In all, roughly 30 percent of parasitic species could disappear, Mr. Carlson concluded. The impact of climate change will be as great or greater for these species as for any others studied so far. The study has been published in Science Advances.
Some researchers had already investigated the fate of a few parasite species, but Colin J. Carlson, lead author of the study and a graduate student at the University of California, Berkeley, and his colleagues wanted to get a global view of the impact of climate change. Some kinds won't lose much in a warming world, the study found. For instance, thorny-headed worms are likely to be protected because their hosts, fish and birds, are common and widespread. But other types, such as fleas and tapeworms, may not be able to tolerate much change in temperature; many others infect only hosts that are facing extinction, as well. In all, roughly 30 percent of parasitic species could disappear, Mr. Carlson concluded. The impact of climate change will be as great or greater for these species as for any others studied so far. The study has been published in Science Advances.
study of what climate change may do to the world's much-loathed parasites. The team came to a startling conclusion: as many as one in three parasite species may face extinction in the next century
So, once chance in three we get rid of the lawyers?
Could be worth it then.
Any of them?
While we're on the topic, a new study just came outhttp://dailycaller.com/2017/06...">fully admitting the models are wrong. They've over-predicted the amount of warming we've seen, compared to reality. Here's a link to the paper.
So it's reasonable to assume that the worst predictions from AGW are not going to happen.
"First they came for the slanderers and i said nothing."
Is a moron we can do without.
I am ashamed of what Conservatism has become, as a human being, part of a web of life on this 1 planet that we know of with any life at all.
If you pollute heavily, YOU will destroy the ilk of Trump!
So this is why liberals are always against climate change. A third of them could die from it!
I agree completely...except for mosquitos and cockroaches, fuck those guys.
One of the parasites has already disappeared:
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/0...
You are welcome on my lawn.
Cockroaches and mosquitoes are food for the things that the things that you eat, eat. Well, it's complicated. The point is nobody eats without everybody eating.
Except the fungii that will own the entire doomed planet long after we're gone, they will do whatever the hell they want.
Shut up Trump supporter!
Does this include banksters, politicians and patent trolls?
We can do without humans. Frankly speaking, we can do without any particular species. Life will re-balance, it always has.
Do they think eating polluted sh*t is perfectly acceptable because they're not trying to have IQ's over 100 anyway? Are they getting a benefits kick out of cancer down in coal country? Fascism and masochism are different ideas, you can pick one!
Will rentiers be among them?
-Forrest Cameranesi, Geek of all Trades
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Massive nuclear war would kill 100% of all parasites!
Do Humans count as parasites? Maybe humans will be wiped out.
Possibly, a third of new can come into existence comfortable with the new climate. We have seen life in Antarctica, Volcano vents, 5km under the oceans, unlit caves, lit deserts. As the famous line from movie Jurassic park goes "Nature will find a way", only issues will be are Humans on the wipe-list?
Is a moron we can do without.
We are doing alright without Variola major .
What about these parasites that nest in children eyes and make them blind?
Or all the other horrible ones you don't know about?
Not possible. All global warming changes must be bad. No exceptions. The 2 out of 3 parasite species left will mutate into killer variants unless we embrace Marxism now.
It might wipe out roughly 1/3 of hosts also, so it would generally "balance" out.
Table-ized A.I.
Fleas? I don't think so.
Maybe specific fleas finely tuned to a particular animal.
But fleas in general?
My experience with climate change over the last 30 years is more bugs, more parasites, more diseases reaching in to my area from down south than used to.
She was like chocolate when she drank... semi-sweet at first and then increasingly bitter.
There are lots of species I'll try to save. Intestinal worms are not one of them.
Oh, that's a shame
“He’s not deformed, he’s just drunk!”
We keep one-direction relationship with other creatures and most of what we do is consume without giving back... Heck we don't even treat our host.
" report from The New York Times (Warning: source may be paywalled,"
Just clear your cookies and there's no paywall.
Are climate alarmists so afraid to have an actual discussion that they must denounce anyone who disagrees as a troll?
Thank you, Bradley Manning, Edward Snowden and so many others, for courageously defending humanity, my freedom and more!
Is a moron we can do without.
I am ashamed of what Conservatism has become, as a human being, part of a web of life on this 1 planet that we know of with any life at all.
We seem to do OK without smallpox.
Nothing lives exclusively on roaches or mosquitos.
Roaches are super evasive, can fly, and squeeze into tight spaces.
Mosquitos are seasonal in most places.
Some other parasites might change and become more aggresive or some new ones might appear, climate change might bring back even ancient stuff trapped inside the ice capes.
http://www.alternet.org/visions/ayn-rand-worshippers-must-face-facts-blue-states-are-providers-red-states-are-parasites
I've calculated my velocity with such exquisite precision that I have no idea where I am.
Will probably survive the planet being destroyed
those bugs sure have extremely tiny hearts etc... never any hymens... reliable barometer of how us imperviousians will hold up? we also caused the annoying little things to mutate into part of our own self administered extermination? phewww no wonder the moms are still crying all the time?
... ALL life will get exinct...uncluding OUR OWN lifes.
George Carlin once said:
The planet has been through a lot worse than us. Been through all kinds of things worse than us. Been through earthquakes, volcanoes, plate tectonics, continental drift, solar flares, sun spots, magnetic storms, the magnetic reversal of the poleshundreds of thousands of years of bombardment by comets and asteroids and meteors, worlwide floods, tidal waves, worldwide fires, erosion, cosmic rays, recurring ice agesAnd we think some plastic bags, and some aluminum cans are going to make a difference? The planetthe planetthe planet isn’t going anywhere. WE ARE!
We’re going away. Pack your shit, folks. We’re going away. And we won’t leave much of a trace, either. Thank God for that. Maybe a little styrofoam. Maybe. A little styrofoam. The planet’ll be here and we’ll be long gone. Just another failed mutation. Just another closed-end biological mistake. An evolutionary cul-de-sac. The planet’ll shake us off like a bad case of fleas. A surface nuisance.
Democrats?
Not really, have you seen how many humans there are now?
If you eliminate one predator species, their prey will multiply uncontrollably.
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
Only because they're not fluffy. Specist!
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
Climate Change Could Wipe Out a Third of Parasite Species, Study Finds
Meanwhile, the rest gets five times as prevalent and nasty.
So, what predator is consuming all the humans in countries with decreasing population? No, "emigration" does not make up for the decrease. So, where's the predator? Inquiring minds wants to know.
Oh no! Whatever will we do without fleas riding pets into our homes and forcing us to fumigate? Hartz could go out of business!
Here it's not a problem with people being killed by something or someone but more one of people not being born. This is mostly due to people noticing troubling times ahead and refusing to propagate. Something you can observe in a few species that do not have young if it's likely that there will not be enough food for them to survive.
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
Indeed. Problem is that that re-balancing act might take millions of years and involve getting humans out of the equation.
What many climate change critics and proponents get wrong is that environmentalism is about saving "nature" or the planet, but really it isn't. The planet doesn't care and will be just fine. Ten million years are nothing on a planetary scale and life will adapt to our pollution and destruction and go on even without us.
What this is about is conserving the fragile ecosystem that humans managed to evolve and thrive in. We are not so resilient.
Mosquitoes do not make up a substantial part of any creatures diet. Even bats do not depend on mosquitoes. Bats eat beetles, wasps, and moths. Mosquitoes make up less than 1 percent of their total diet.
Studies of areas where mosquitoes have been eliminated show no major ecological disruption. They are seasonal anyway. Mosquitoes (at least the ones that harm us) are a blight on the world and should be eliminated.
Please, Tell me more about the extinction of fleas. I want to know if there are any downsides to this. Can we mitigate those?
Can we get Ticks on the list too?
Trusting software vendors is no smarter than trus
We can do without humans. Frankly speaking, we can do without any particular species. Life will re-balance, it always has.
And who exactly is this "we"?
What usually happens when one species is diminished is that another species takes its place.
So, we may not get fewer parasites, only fewer species of parasites.
Overall, when the Earth gets warmer, species from places that were warmer are likely to become more common in places that used to be colder, but now are not. That's not just parasites, but all types of insects, plants, animals and diseases.
"We mustn't be caught by surprise by our own advancing technology" -- Aldous Huxley
But will it get the parasites out of my basement? My worthless millennial kid has been mooching off of me for 2 years since she got her degree studying the social implications of underwater basketweaving. My wife won't let me kick her out, because she'd be homeless. She refuses to get a job that is "beneath her," even though she has been offered a few jobs at 12-15/hr, which is good for our area, and perfectly livable in a $500 1BR apartment.
How can we say that we are effecting the climate so massively when we only have about 200 years of measured data with the first 150 of those years relying on few data points relative to the scale of earth? Life on this humble rock is what? 5 billion years old? And we think data over the last 200 is enough to extrapolate?
I'm not a climate denier or anything like that. I just truest don't understand how 200 years of data is statistically significant on a multi billion year old planet?
Bambi, Thumper and Flipper might all die but so will that nasty tape worm!
Fill up your SUV's folks and kill TAPE WORMS! HOOAH.
Seriously. Just face palm on this article.
Hope you get malaria, then tell me about how important every species is.
I, for one, welcome our climate change parasite destroying overloads.
Adapt or die.
Who wold have thought, then when the dodo died out, its parasites died out too.
So either I change my ways and save the mosquitos and evil spouses or a big chunk of the world dies, coastlands reduce, and we all have to disgusting lab grown algae.... how long do I have to think about it?
8:7 The first [angel's trumpet] sounded, ... and a third of the earth was burned up, and a third of the trees were burned up, and all the green grass was burned up. 8 The second angel sounded, ... and a third of the sea became blood, 9 and a third of the creatures which were in the sea and had life, died; and a third of the ships were destroyed. 10 The third angel sounded, and a great star fell from heaven, burning like a torch, and it fell on a third of the rivers and on the springs of waters. 11 The name of the star is called Wormwood; and a third of the waters became wormwood, and many men died from the waters, because they were made bitter. 12 The fourth angel sounded, and a third of the sun and a third of the moon and a third of the stars were struck, so that a third of them would be darkened and the day would not shine for a third of it, and the night in the same way.
9:15 And the four angels, who had been prepared for the hour and day and month and year, were released, so that they would kill a third of mankind. 18 A third of mankind was killed by these three plagues, by the fire and the smoke and the brimstone which proceeded out of their mouths.
Okay, I guess it doesn't mention a third of the parasites.
"We" cannot survive without humans as we are humans. Given that, the only point in environmentalism is to sustain our environment so it is suitable for us. We also should do our best to save all the other critters as well, because they taste good and we need them for an energy source else we ourselves die.
The planet will be fine, even after the next extinction level event.
Haven't the Jews suffered enough?
Now I itch all over . . .
"I believe in Karma. That means I can do bad things to people all day long and I assume they deserve it." : Dogbert
the loss of most American soceity would be no great deal to the world.
The lines don't just stop at the lions, but at the parasites on the lions. I suppose you should also really track the parasites on the parasites, but then, they'd still fall into the parasite bucket wouldn't they.
Yeah, I will be able to code anything faster... No more bugs, thanks god....
Crank up the heat!
...that is Trumps ENTIRE base?