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

• Published in: Nature Communications
• Main Authors: Chemison, Alizée, Ramstein, Gilles, Tompkins, Adrian M., Defrance, Dimitri, Camus, Guigone, Charra, Margaux, Caminade, Cyril
• Other Authors: Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Science and Business Media LLC 2021
• Subjects: General Physics and Astronomy; General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology; General Chemistry; Greenland; Laplace; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24134-4; http://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-021-24134-4.pdf; http://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-021-24134-4

Abstract Studies about the impact of future climate change on diseases have mostly focused on standard Representative Concentration Pathway climate change scenarios. These scenarios do not account for the non-linear dynamics of the climate system. A rapid ice-sheet melting could occur, impacting cli...