Disappearing Arctic sea ice may be helping spread diseases among mammals: Seals, sea lions, polar bears are being affected... --The pathogen has now been named Sarcocystis pinnipedi, after the scientific term for seals, Grigg and his colleagues said on Thursday, when they presented their findings at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Chicago. --The working hypothesis about how this seal disease spread, Grigg said, is that melting of sea ice has removed a key physical barrier that previously kept northern and southern animals apart. Now, as waters warm and southern animals chase the fish that are moving north, the southern and northern animals are mingling – and sharing pathogens that are new to each other, he said. [please read full article]
Posted on: Mon, 17 Feb 2014 19:39:48 +0000
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