Ancient Italian fossils reveal risk of parasitic infections due to climate change

Ancient Italian fossils reveal risk of parasitic infections due to climate change 07/26/2017 03:00 PM EDT In 2014, a team of researchers led by a paleobiologist from the University of Missouri found that clams from the Holocene Epoch (that began 11,700 years ago) contained clues about how sea level rise due to climate change could foreshadow a rise in parasitic trematodes. Now, an international team from Mizzou and the Universities of Bologna and Florida has found that rising seas could be detrimental to human health on a much shorter time scale. Full story at http://munews.missouri.edu/news-releases/2017/0720-ancient-italian-fossils-reveal-risk-of-parasitic-infections-due-to-climate-change/ Source University of Missouri-Columbia This is an NSF News From the Field item.   Follow NSF:  This email was sent using GovDelivery Communications Cloud on behalf of: National Science Foundation Update · 4201 Wilson Boulevard · Arlington, VA 22230 · 703-292-5111