Impact of an accelerated melting of Greenland on malaria distribution over Africa

Alizée Chemison; Gilles Ramstein; Adrian M. Tompkins; Dimitri Defrance; Guigone Camus; Margaux Charra; Cyril Caminade

doi:10.1038/s41467-021-24134-4

Nature Communications (Jun 2021)

Impact of an accelerated melting of Greenland on malaria distribution over Africa

Alizée Chemison,
Gilles Ramstein,
Adrian M. Tompkins,
Dimitri Defrance,
Guigone Camus,
Margaux Charra,
Cyril Caminade

Affiliations

Alizée Chemison: Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l’Environnnment (LSCE), CEA
Gilles Ramstein: Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l’Environnnment (LSCE), CEA
Adrian M. Tompkins: Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP)
Dimitri Defrance: The Climate Data factory
Guigone Camus: Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l’Environnnment (LSCE), CEA
Margaux Charra: Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l’Environnnment (LSCE), CEA
Cyril Caminade: Department of Livestock and One Health, Institute of Infection, Veterinary and Ecological Sciences, University of Liverpool

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24134-4
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Release of freshwater into the oceans as a result of ice sheet melting could impact the distribution of climate-sensitive diseases. Here, the authors show that a rapid ice sheet melting in Greenland could cause an emergence of malaria in Southern Africa whilst transmission risks in West Africa may decline.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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