A Danish study observed that cases of harmful bacterial infections were more common in years with higher sea temperatures.
In recent months, the number of cases of infections caused by flesh-eating bacteria, such as Vibrio vulnificus and Shewanella, has increased. The incidence of these episodes may be related to global warming, which raises sea temperatures and favors the proliferation of these pathogens, which were previously rare.
A Danish study published in March this year tracked Vibrio and Shewanella infections in humans between 2010 and 2018 in the European country and found that most cases occurred in years when sea temperatures were high.