June has also been a month of record temperatures

According to NOAA , the global average temperature for June 2016 was 0.9 degrees Celsius above the average of the 20th century, breaking last year’s record for the hottest June at 0.02 degrees Celsius. June thus becomes the fourteenth consecutive month with a heat record in the world . NOAA’s global temperature records date back … Read more

Climate change can extinguish a third of parasite species

Ecosystems could be seriously disrupted if much of the world’s parasites are extinguished, something that could happen in the coming decades as a result of climate change . Tapeworms, worms, ticks, lice, fleas and other pests do not seem very important, rather they pose a health problem on many occasions, but existence helps control wildlife … Read more