{"id":405528,"date":"2025-09-28T20:53:40","date_gmt":"2025-09-28T18:53:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=405528"},"modified":"2025-09-28T20:53:42","modified_gmt":"2025-09-28T18:53:42","slug":"carbon-brief-issues-a-the-last-of-us-climate-warning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=405528","title":{"rendered":"Carbon Brief Issues a \u201cThe Last of Us\u201d Climate Warning"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From Watts Up With That?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Essay by<\/strong> Eric Worrall<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Illustration<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Fungal Fiction mimicking fiction?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Guest post: Fungal infections are adapting to climate change \u2013 and threatening public health<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fungi are learning to adapt to climate change, posing a major threat to human health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fungi are known for their ability to adjust to \u2013 and thrive in \u2013 new and changing environments.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Now, they are learning to adapt to the rising temperatures, changing rainfall patterns and extreme weather events that characterise a warming planet. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Historically, most fungi do not cause disease in humans, meaning they are not \u201cpathogenic<\/a>\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is because \u2013 unlike viruses and bacteria \u2013 most fungi cannot survive or spread in body temperatures of 37C. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But, as global temperatures rise, some fungi are adapting to survive in hotter environments, including the human body. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2026Read more:\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.carbonbrief.org\/guest-post-fungal-infections-are-adapting-to-climate-change-and-threatening-public-health\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The article goes on to give a new WHO monitoring programme a plug.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How can anyone take claims like this seriously? The Carbon brief article is straight out of the plot of \u201cThe Last of Us\u201d<\/a>, a hit series about fungus attacking humans and turning humans into hybrid zombies, all because of global warming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While our body heat does provide a barrier against fungal infection, it is not much of a barrier. Immunocompromised people suffer horrible problems from fungus infections \u2013 their body heat does not protect them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Fungal infections in immunocompromised critically ill patients<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Author links open overlay panelJos\u00e9 Garnacho-Montero<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

, Irene Barrero-Garc\u00eda<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jos\u00e9 Garnacho-Montero<\/a>, Irene Barrero-Garc\u00eda, Cristina Le\u00f3n-Moya<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.jointm.2024.01.005<\/a>Get rights and content<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Abstract<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Diverse\u00a0pathogenic fungi<\/a>\u00a0can produce severe\u00a0infections in immunocompromised patients<\/a>, thereby justifying\u00a0intensive care unit<\/a>\u00a0(ICU) admissions. In some cases, the infections can develop in\u00a0immunocompromised patients<\/a>\u00a0who were previously admitted to the ICU.\u00a0Aspergillus<\/a>\u00a0spp.,\u00a0Pneumocystis jirovecii<\/a>, Candida<\/em>\u00a0spp., and\u00a0Mucorales<\/a>\u00a0are the fungi that are most frequently involved in these infections. Diagnosis continues to be challenging because\u00a0symptoms and signs<\/a>\u00a0are unspecific. Herein, we provide an in-depth review about the diagnosis, with emphasis on recent advances, and treatment of these\u00a0invasive fungal infections<\/a>\u00a0in the ICU setting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read more:\u00a0https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S2667100X2400015X<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

I enjoyed watching series one of \u201cThe Last of Us\u201d, it was a great zombie story. I loved the apocalyptic final episode of series one \u2013 reminiscent of great Western movies like \u201cUnforgiven\u201d. But to watch such fiction in comfort you have to park your scientific skepticism with the opening credits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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How can anyone take claims like this seriously? The Carbon brief article is straight out of the plot of\u00a0\u201cThe Last of Us\u201d, a hit series about fungus attacking humans and turning humans into hybrid zombies, all because of global warming.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":405532,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"Explore how climate change is enabling fungi to adapt, posing new health threats, and drawing parallels with 'The Last of Us'.","jetpack_seo_html_title":"Fungal Infections: Emerging Threats from Climate Change","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[691818056,691818514,691838380,691818087,691838382,691838381],"class_list":{"0":"post-405528","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"hentry","7":"category-uncategorized","8":"tag-climate-change","9":"tag-extreme-weather","10":"tag-fungal-infections","11":"tag-global-warming","12":"tag-great-zombie-story","13":"tag-the-carbon-brief","15":"fallback-thumbnail"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/AQM4m8p4ZOZtYcIHLcj4InFASEYO6I2-D4kO7ybIBbHvfGoDpLuvgb_jd_ZuGtGaKxuIdOUfPXVDi7na_jgUMVY_9tbhdE-qmxxGlRk55ZWweY5PtoCKU5l1UDe9-41-0-iUXMNquhqSqh0TbEIaHSDDAolO.jpeg?fit=1280%2C1280&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paxLW1-1HuM","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":371202,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=371202","url_meta":{"origin":405528,"position":0},"title":"Study Destroys Basis of EPA Climate Regulations","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"03\/21\/2025","format":false,"excerpt":"For two decades, the public has been bombarded with dire warnings of an impending climate-induced agricultural apocalypse. 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