Nature can’t run without parasites. What happens when they start to disappear?
It was climate change. It made a lot of sense: Complex parasites can only survive if everyone one of those host species are around. If just one type of host goes missing? “Game over
Our argument is that parasites are just species. They’re part of biodiversity, and they’re doing really important things in ecosystems that we depend upon them for
https://grist.org/video/parasite-climate-change-ecosystem-health-science/