Solar geoengineering could redistribute malaria risk in developing countries

Colin J. Carlson; Rita Colwell; Mohammad Sharif Hossain; Mohammed Mofizur Rahman; Alan Robock; Sadie J. Ryan; Mohammad Shafiul Alam; Christopher H. Trisos

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-29613-w

Nature Communications (Apr 2022)

Solar geoengineering could redistribute malaria risk in developing countries

Colin J. Carlson,
Rita Colwell,
Mohammad Sharif Hossain,
Mohammed Mofizur Rahman,
Alan Robock,
Sadie J. Ryan,
Mohammad Shafiul Alam,
Christopher H. Trisos

Affiliations

Colin J. Carlson: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Georgetown University Medical Center
Rita Colwell: University of Maryland, College Park
Mohammad Sharif Hossain: Infectious Diseases Division, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b)
Mohammed Mofizur Rahman: Institute for Technology and Resources Management in the Tropics and Subtropics, Cologne University of Applied Sciences
Alan Robock: Department of Environmental Sciences, Rutgers University
Sadie J. Ryan: Quantitative Disease Ecology and Conservation (QDEC) Lab Group, Department of Geography, University of Florida
Mohammad Shafiul Alam: Infectious Diseases Division, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b)
Christopher H. Trisos: African Climate and Development Initiative, University of Cape Town

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-29613-w
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Solar geoengineering, an emergency climate intervention, could shift one billion people back into areas of malaria risk. Regional tradeoffs and potential adverse outcomes point to the need for health sector planning with Global South leadership.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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