This chart establishes the baseline of our narrative. The Earth’s environment is heating up, changing the living conditions for environmental fungi.
As the environment begins warming, fungi start to face evolutionary pressure. This visualization shows how the maximum thermal tolerance of fungal strains is creeping dangerously close to mammalian body temperature.
Because the thermal barrier has been breached, pathogens like C. auris have suddenly emerged in humans. This chart shows the dramatic spike in clinical cases in the U.S. since 2013.
While maps can show us where the fungus is, they often distort the truth because large states draw the eye. By ranking the states, we can clearly see that a handful of regional hubs are driving the vast majority of the U.S. outbreak.
Looking at the progression over time, we can see how specific states transitioned from isolated cases to massive outbreak hotzones within a span of a few years.: