Climate change is threatening parasites — and unfortunately, that’s not a good thing.

Grist
By Manola SecairaSep 7, 2017, 4:07 pm135 pts
One would think that the demise of ticks and tapeworms would be cause for celebration (especially if your introduction to parasites was, as in my case, an encounter with zombie snails at a mercilessly young age). But hold the party, say researchers. After studying 457 species of parasites in the Smithsonian…

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