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Warm-Water Menace: The Brain-Eating Amoeba's Global Reach
health24 days ago

Warm-Water Menace: The Brain-Eating Amoeba's Global Reach

Naegleria fowleri is a heat-loving amoeba found in warm freshwater and hot springs that can invade the brain through the nose, causing primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM), a typically fatal disease that remains extremely rare. Infections are linked to swimming and nasal exposure in warm waters, with symptoms that escalate from headaches and nausea to confusion, seizures, and coma. The parasite is worldwide in warm climates and may spread with rising temperatures, though recent outbreaks show treatment can save lives: in Kerala in 2025, around 200 PAM patients were treated with antiparasitic and antifungal drugs, and more than half of those with known outcomes survived. Prevention includes nose clips or holding the nose when in warm water; transmission is not person-to-person and is not caused by swallowing water.

via BBC Wildlife Magazine|
#brain-eating-amoeba#climate-change#health
Hidden Channels Under Antarctic Ice Shelves Trap Warm Water, Accelerating Melt
science4 months ago

Hidden Channels Under Antarctic Ice Shelves Trap Warm Water, Accelerating Melt

A Nature Communications study shows long grooves beneath the Fimbulisen Ice Shelf trap warmer seawater, intensifying local melting and potentially weakening the ice shelf. Even modest inflows of warm water can dramatically increase melt where channels exist, a process not well captured by many climate models, suggesting East Antarctica may be more vulnerable than previously thought.

via The Daily Galaxy|
#antarctica#climate-models#ice-shelf
The Origins of El Niño: A Fisherman's Tale
weather2 years ago

The Origins of El Niño: A Fisherman's Tale

El Niño, a climate phenomenon characterized by periodic warming of the equatorial central and eastern Pacific Ocean, got its name from South American fishermen who noticed the irregular warming of the Pacific waters in the 1600s. They called it El Niño de Navidad, meaning "The Christmas Child," as its strength usually peaks in winter. El Niño's warm signature is tracked using various data sources such as buoys, satellites, and computer models. The warm water associated with El Niño comes from beneath the ocean's surface. The current El Niño was fueled by warmer than average water pooling below the Pacific Ocean's surface and eventually rose up to warm the ocean's surface waters.

via The Weather Channel|
#climate-phenomenon#el-nino#fishermen
Tropical Storms Cindy and Bret bring heavy rain to Atlantic region.
weather3 years ago

Tropical Storms Cindy and Bret bring heavy rain to Atlantic region.

Tropical Storm Cindy has formed in the central Atlantic, becoming the second tropical cyclone to form east of the Lesser Antilles in the tropical Atlantic during June. The storm is moving west-northwest and is expected to remain east of the northern Leeward Islands through the weekend before passing north of the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico early next week. The warm waters in the eastern Atlantic have caused unprecedented early tropical cyclone formation this year, with the Atlantic off to a very fast start for the 2023 hurricane season.

via Fox Weather |
#atlantic#hurricane-season#tropical-storm-cindy
Massive Fish Die-Off on Texas Gulf Coast Beach
environment3 years ago

Massive Fish Die-Off on Texas Gulf Coast Beach

Thousands of Menhaden fish washed up on a Texas gulf coast beach due to a low dissolved oxygen event caused by warm water, which cannot hold as much oxygen as cold water. Fish kills like this are common in the summer when temperatures increase. Recent conditions of cloudy skies and calm seas created a “perfect storm to deplete the oxygen.” Most of the fish had been removed from the beach by Sunday, and any dead fish left behind will likely be naturally buried in the sand and ocean over the coming days.

via New York Post |
#beach#environment#fish-kill