The pathogens thriving because of climate change
About this episode
Shayla Love discusses how climate change is affecting the evolution of harmful microbes and their role in our ecosystem.
Microbes have lived on this planet since long before humans, and they’ll be here long after we’re gone. Shayla Love is a journalist who writes about science, health and the mind. She joins host Krys Boyd to discuss these masters of evolution that can mutate in a single generation, why climate change is making harmful microbes adapt even faster, and the good news about how these organisms are good for our body and our planet. Her article “Breeding Ground ” was published by The New Yorker. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
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