Global warming could increase disease outbreaks

By Arthur Page

Release Date: December 1, 2005 This content is archived.

Print

An article in National Geographic on reports that disease outbreaks in humans are likely to increase as global climate change reshapes the world's ecosystems quotes Richard V. Lee, professor of medicine, who says "Global climate change is not the same all over the globe. We know that the range of mosquito species known to carry certain infections like malaria will expand as temperatures and rainfalls vary." Go to article.