How Climate Change Spreads Deadly Fungi to New Regions

Most people worry about hurricanes, floods, and heatwaves when they think about climate change. But there's another threat lurking that gets far less attention - fungal infections that could become much more common as our planet heats up. Scientists are discovering that deadly fungi will spread to places they've never been before, and frankly, we're not ready for it.

Climate change health risks go way beyond what most folks imagine. Researchers at Manchester University have been tracking how Aspergillus fungi - microscopic organisms that can essentially eat people from the inside out - are expanding their territory as temperatures climb.

The Invisible Threat Growing Around Us

Aspergillus fungi live everywhere already - in soil, on plants, and rotting leaves. They're so common that people breathe in their tiny spores every single day without knowing it. For most healthy folks, that's not a problem. Their immune systems just sweep these spores away like dust.