As water continues to warm, algae which can survive/thrive at 37°C (human body temp) will be more and more common too. This could mean a masive global health issue is being created as we’re ~70% water. But billionaires adding to their already insane amounts of wealth is all that matters…they aren’t sociopath’s and will save us all, right?
Yeah, any organisms that live in warm water are going to be much more prevalent, and easily transmissible to humans. Even worse than algae, we’re already seeing brain eating amoebas appearing in US https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/florida-man-dies-brain-eating-amoeba-nose-rinse-tap-water-rcna73067
Interesting to me how most Protozoa (the Ciliates, Ameboa’s & Flagellates) are free living microbes yet also opportunistic parasites. Wonder if we’ll see an uptick with Ciliates and Flagellates in addition to the Ameboa’s
Quite possibly, small organisms tend to adapt fairly rapidly and if new niches become available to be exploited I imagine such organisms will quickly move in to populate them.
