Are Humans Hot Enough to Survive a Fungal Apocalypse?

Public Health On Call by The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Aug 10, 202614:04Society & Culture

About this episode: New research has identified massive fungal blooms in North America in the Cretaceous period, suggesting significant ecological upheaval before and after the asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs. In this e...

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