Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Graduate student in Geology: Carbon dioxide may cause spider bites in Minnesota in 2080

Brown recluse spider population predicted to expand into northern U.S. as world heats up | Mail Online
researchers are predicting the population will expand to parts of
Nebraska, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, South Dakota, Ohio and
Pennsylvania by 2080
...
'These results illustrate a potential negative consequence of climate change on humans and will aid medical professionals in proper bite identification and treatment, potentially reducing bite misdiagnoses,' study author Erin Saupe, a graduate student in Geology and a Biodiversity Institute student, told science journal PLoS ONE.

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