Weather & Science
Climate Change Is Spreading Malaria Risk to New Parts of Africa
Mosquitoes have moved to higher elevations and pushed further south as the climate has changed, taking the risk of malaria with them, a new study shows.
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Warming temperatures are driving mosquitoes into new parts of Africa and spreading the risk of malaria, according to a new study that highlights the impact of climate change on disease.
The report, published this week in the peer-reviewed journal Biology Letters, found that mosquitoes have moved to higher elevations and have pushed further south. The movements align with observed climate changes and could explain malaria transmission patterns during the studied time frame, according to the team of researchers led out of Georgetown University in the US.