Zoonotic Spillover Is the Apocalypse You’ll Be Hearing About a Lot

“Climate change is upending natural habitats, unleashing new plagues on humankind.”

Zoonotic Spillover Is One of the Greatest Threats Humanity Is Facing – Bloomberg

The term “zoonotic spillover” might sound either reassuringly geeky or deceptively innocuous — like a sticky mess involving a melted ice cream cone between the monkey cage and the aquarium. It refers, in reality, to one of the greatest dangers to humanity. As such, it is neither more nor less menacing than climate change, but a direct consequence of it.’ 

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My name is Isabelle Whitehead. I was a member of the Bolton School group on the Operation Wallacea 2015 expedition to Peru.

One response to “Zoonotic Spillover Is the Apocalypse You’ll Be Hearing About a Lot”

  1. Jacqueline Whitehead says :

    It may have already happened at the micro level and be in our food chain.

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