Using geoengineering to slow global heating risks malaria rise, say scientists

Technique of reflecting sunlight back into space found to be likely to cause increase in population of disease-carrying mosquitos

Geoengineering to prevent the worst impacts of climate breakdown could expose up to a billion more people to malaria, scientists have found.

The report, published in Nature Communications, is the first assessment of how geoengineering the climate could affect the burden of infectious diseases.

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(SOURCE) https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/apr/20/geoengineering-to-slow-global-heating-risks-malaria-rise

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