Downscaling reveals diverse effects of anthropogenic climate warming on the potential for local environments to support malaria transmission

Local modelling of malaria, image credit Krijn Paaijmans

Krijn P. Paaijmans
Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics, Dept. of Entomology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
Now at Barcelona Centre for International Health Research (CRESIB, Hospital ClĂ­nic-Universitat de Barcelona), Barcelona, Spain

Justine I. Blanford
GeoVISTA Center, Dept. of Geography, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA

Robert G. Crane
AESEDA, Dept. of Geography, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA

Michael E. Mann
Dept. of Meteorology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA

Liang Ning
Northeast Climate Science Center, Dept. of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA

Kathleen V. Schreiber
Dept. of Geography, Millersville University, Millersville, PA

Matthew B. Thomas
Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics, Dept. of Entomology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA

Article:

Paaijmans, K.P., Blanford, J.I., Crane, R.G., Mann, M.E., Ning, L., Schreiber, K.V., Thomas M.B., Downscaling reveals diverse effects of anthropogenic climate warming on the potential for local environments to support malaria transmission, Climatic Change, doi:10.1007/s10584-014-1172-62014 (early online addition), 2014.

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