Can climate change accelerate transmission of malaria? New research sheds light on impacts of temperature

Phys.org— Malaria is a mosquito-borne disease caused by a parasite that spreads from bites of infected female Anopheles mosquitoes. If left untreated in humans, malaria can cause severe symptoms, health complications and even death.

India West—Climate Change Impacts Malaria Transmission. NEW DELHI, (IANS) – Climate plays a pivotal role in altering the transmission patterns of malaria, said experts on World Malaria Day which fell on April 25. It is observed annually on April 25, to spread awareness about the mosquito-borne disease. This year’s theme is […]

Phys.org—Researcher: Climate models can run for months on supercomputers—but my new algorithm can make them ten times faster. Climate models are some of the most complex pieces of software ever written, able to simulate a vast number of different parts of the overall system, such as the atmosphere or ocean. Many have been developed by hundreds of scientists over decades and are constantly being added to and refined. They can run to over a million lines of computer code—tens of thousands of printed pages.

The Washington Times—Climate change is bringing malaria to new areas. In Africa, it never left. When a small number of cases of locally transmitted malaria were found in the United States last year, it was a reminder that climate change is reviving or migrating the threat of some diseases. But across the African continent malaria has never left, killing or sickening millions of people.