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Not really. There are a huge number of invasive species that are perfectly happy taking over even without climate change. There is nothing magic about the tempe

Not really. There are a huge number of invasive species that are perfectly happy taking over even without climate change. There is nothing magic about the temperature change from the bacterial perspective

11235813213455 2y ago
Because they don't have enough predators, because of humans presence (birds, and more medium size insect eating animals are depleted, because humans prefer dogs, cats, cars, plastic wrapping, and laziness
- s1artibartfast 2y ago
  It's not that. Many of these thing have no native predators on the north American continent,and easily out compete local organisms. When it comes to things like soil bacteria and root fungus, it is even more pronounced. You can loose thousands of acres of monoculture tree to pathogens that they have evolutionary exposure to and we're not previously present in the area.
SideburnsOfDoom 2y ago
> There is nothing magic about the temperature change from the bacterial perspective I'm not sure about that, when there are insects carrying these bugs. e.g. Malaria: https://apnews.com/article/malariaclimate-changemosquitos-48166329d2eeb9037b49b381a1bbe598 https://apnews.com/article/malariaclimate-changemosquitos-48... Zika: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33037740/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33037740/ And many, many other such articles.
vintermann 2y ago
The first part is true enough, but most bacteria thrive in high temperatures (20-45 degrees C). Most everyone from the north who have gone on summer vacations further south can attest to this...
- s1artibartfast 2y ago
  I think the mean temperature change in Florida falls in that range. The main exception to this is some locations and elevations that experience shorter winter freezes, which can have a major impact on seasonal insect population

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Not really. There are a huge number of invasive species that are perfectly happy taking over even without climate change. There is nothing magic about the tempe

by s1artibartfast 2y ago

11235813213455 2y ago
Because they don't have enough predators, because of humans presence (birds, and more medium size insect eating animals are depleted, because humans prefer dogs, cats, cars, plastic wrapping, and laziness
- s1artibartfast 2y ago
  It's not that. Many of these thing have no native predators on the north American continent,and easily out compete local organisms. When it comes to things like soil bacteria and root fungus, it is even more pronounced. You can loose thousands of acres of monoculture tree to pathogens that they have evolutionary exposure to and we're not previously present in the area.
SideburnsOfDoom 2y ago
> There is nothing magic about the temperature change from the bacterial perspective I'm not sure about that, when there are insects carrying these bugs. e.g. Malaria: https://apnews.com/article/malariaclimate-changemosquitos-48166329d2eeb9037b49b381a1bbe598 https://apnews.com/article/malariaclimate-changemosquitos-48... Zika: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33037740/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33037740/ And many, many other such articles.
vintermann 2y ago
The first part is true enough, but most bacteria thrive in high temperatures (20-45 degrees C). Most everyone from the north who have gone on summer vacations further south can attest to this...
- s1artibartfast 2y ago
  I think the mean temperature change in Florida falls in that range. The main exception to this is some locations and elevations that experience shorter winter freezes, which can have a major impact on seasonal insect population