Eine Apokalypse giftiger Pilze könnte innerhalb von 15 Jahren Millionen von Leben bedrohen
https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/environment/a64782180/toxic-fungus-climate-change/
Eine Apokalypse giftiger Pilze könnte innerhalb von 15 Jahren Millionen von Leben bedrohen
https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/environment/a64782180/toxic-fungus-climate-change/
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> In a new study from the University of Manchester, scientists asked the question of what rising global temperatures could mean for the proliferation of some of these meaner mycelia.
> The researchers analyzed the effects of rising temperatures on infection-causing fungi using different climate scenarios up to the year 2100. The study showed that **within 15 years, if the world still relies on mostly fossil fuels instead of clean energy,** fungi like Aspergillus flavus—a cause of agricultural rot that also produces mycotoxins that are harmful to mammals—will spread by 16 percent, which would put an additional **1 million people at risk of infection** in Europe alone.
> Unfortunately, this proliferation is relatively tame compared to Aspergillus fumigatus, which would increase its range by 77.5 percent and put an additional **nine million people** in Europe at risk under this worst-case scenario. While described as a weak pathogen in previous studies, A. fumigatus can cause a severe or even **fatal** infection for people with immune deficiencies.
> “Fungi are relatively **under researched** compared to viruses and parasites, but these maps show that fungal pathogens will likely impact most areas of the world in the future,” van Rhign said in a press statement. The study only examined the roughly **10 percent of the fungi we know about**, so even more infections or health concerns could arise from surprising sources currently unknown to us.
Humans have put animals to near extinction, fungi is more difficult but is it not possible to intentionally curb its growth?
There’s a RadioLab from a while back that expressed that we humans don’t really have a solid temperature of 98.6°F, that it’s really kind of all over the place, and that the lower end of the body temps is getting lower, and our ability to fight fungal infections kinda goes out the window at a particular threshold…..(Fungus Amungus)
We need to figure this out before the Warhammer orc get here. Don’t want those spores. They’re worse.
If aspergillus kills you then the common cold would’ve killed you too. Not a doctor but this seems like fear mongering
We’re getting chocked by toxic algae in seas and beaches in South Australia.. killing fish and even the fumes are making people sick
I know S2 wasn’t as well recieved as S1, but goddamn if this isn’t some next level marketing for S3
Welp I’m investing in companies that make anti fungal medications
Gonna be honest with ya chief, it’s 2025, I’m really not worried about anything 15 years down the line.
Fungus is wildly understudied.
There is a fungus called Blasto mycosis.
That will grow inside the human body, can manifest as puss sores or as actual mycelium growth in the lungs.
It has a wildy low rate per 100k but people don’t realize it has regional hot spots.
I personally believes Some places in south western Ontario have infection rates of 500 per 10,000 residents. If something like this spread geographically it would be catastrophic.
First is parasites decapitating sperm and now we get toxic fungi. Can this good news Wednesday get any better?
hope it accelerates fast enough so that we don’t have to live the job-apocalypse
What does this mean: „The study only examined the roughly 10 percent of the fungi we know about“?
Is it saying there is another 90% of fungi that we somehow know exists but we just havent found them yet?? If so, how do we know that?
Edit: nevermind. I guess it means of the fungi we know of only 10% were studied. Dunno why „the roughly“ part threw me off so badly. Lol
What a time to have DOGE defunding the key organizations that would be crucial in another pandemic.
Mod of r/mold here. You breathe in these spores every single day of your life. This is a sensationalist headline based off of fear and safety. Saying X amount of people are ‚at risk‘ is as much of a stretch as saying anyone who has ever walked within the vicinity of an open body of water has been ‚at risk‘ of drowning.
And please stop riling people up about mycotoxins, they’re not a concern unless you’re literally eating large amounts of visibly moldy food.
That mushroom cap looks like a killer hamburger bun.
FYI: it has nothing to do with amanita muscaria, they just used a pretty picture.