Study finds potential climate change side effect: More parasites on South American birds

Tuesday, September 28, 2010 - 12:56 in Earth & Climate

A Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) study on nesting birds in Argentina finds that increasing temperatures and rainfall -both side effects of climate change in some parts of the world -could be bad for birds of South America, but great for some of their parasites which thrive in warmer and wetter conditions.

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