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Lemur Parasites May Expand Across Madagascar Thanks To Climate Change
2013-01-25 19:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
RedOrbit: Researchers from Duke University say that changes in temperature and precipitation in Madagascar could cause disease-carrying lemur parasites to grow and reproduce more quickly, spreading to new areas and presenting a potential danger to the island nations human population. Graduate student and lead author Meredith Barrett and her colleagues analyzed several species of parasites that are commonly known to infect the primates, the university explained in a statement. They then combined that information...
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Parasites of Madagascar's lemurs expanding with climate change
2013-01-23 20:48:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EurekAlert: Rising temperatures and shifting rainfall patterns in Madagascar could fuel the spread of lemur parasites and the diseases they carry. By combining data on six parasite species from ongoing surveys of lemur health with weather data and other environmental information for Madagascar as a whole, a team of Duke University researchers has created probability maps of likely parasite distributions throughout the island today. Then, using climate projections for the year 2080, they estimate what parasite...
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