AvantHiatus Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/in-chesapeake-bay-waters-warmed-by-summer-sun-a-deadly-pathogen-lies-in-wait/2014/07/26/fe0a69ac-1414-11e4-98ee-daea85133bc9_story.html “It is likely that over the next few decades, if global warming continues, the vibrio will start to multiply in the tidal waters of the bay earlier in the year and will persist later into the fall and possibly the winter,” said Laurence Polsky, health officer at the Calvert County Health Department. “This will increase the number of people exposed to the bacteria over the course of the year, and the result will be a higher average number of cases as each decade passes.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhillipS Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 Maybe this is one of the AGW 'benefits' the pseudo-skeptics keep predicting. Fortunately it sounds like a manageable problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WxUSAF Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 My good friend did her PhD research on Vibrio in the Bay. Seems there has been a positive trend over the last 10+ years in infections, but hard to disentangle factors like underreporting, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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