IPCC: Rising temperatures may cause spread of infectious deseases (26.05.2007)

The new study of the IPCC predicts that rising global temperatures may exert a profound impact on the spread of malaria in Africa. More information on the study in Science Daily.

treehugger: In its most recent report released in April, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) cautioned that rising temperatures would likely result in “the altered spatial distribution of some infectious disease vectors” and other “mixed effects, such as the decrease or increase of the range and transmission potential of malaria in Africa.”

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