Australasian Science Jan/Feb 2008, page 10 Climate change will make you sick Reports on the problems of climate change on the health of Australians.
June 2007, pages 34-35 Climate change to hit health (by Tony McMichael) Summarises the health challenges associated with global warming in Australia.
July 2003, page 9 Health risks of greenhouse quantified Summarises a report by leading Australian research institutions that quantifies the health risks this region will experience as the result of global warming.
Cosmos October-November 2006, pages 34-35 Fever pitch (by Mark Juddery) Reports that as the world warms, mosquitoes will spread more widely, spreading diseases.
New Scientist 27 February 2008, page 16 Global warming twice as lethal as previously assumed Examines the impact of carbon dioxide levels on death rates.
29 November 2006 Can flu viruses survive winter in frozen lakes? (by Catherine Brahic) Looks at the possibility of viruses frozen in Siberian lakes being released as a result of global warming.
19 June 2004, pages 8-9 Climate blamed for upsurge in disease (by James Randerson) Looks at the relationship between emerging and resurgent diseases and climate change.
30 November 2002, pages 26-29 Plague of plenty (by Graham Lawton) Looks at how rising CO2 levels could trigger a pandemic of human malnutrition due to a decrease of micronutrients in food plants.
29 June 2002, page 22 Global warming, global fever (by Mark Schrope) Summarises research that used epidemiological studies and climate model projections to look at the effect of global warming on diseases.
3 November 2001, pages 36-39 Ask the experts (by Sue Armstrong) Looks at how Canada's Inuit are tackling the consequences of climate change.
Scientific American May 2008, pages 68-73 The ethics of climate change: Pay now or pay more later? (by John Broome) Discusses the ethical and economic implications of dealing with climate change.
21 March 2006 Study supports possible connection between climate change and malaria rise (by David Biello) Describes a study indicating that increased outbreaks of malaria in East Africa may be due to global warming.
10 March 2005 New malaria map shows disease more widespread than previously thought (by Sarah Graham) The WHO and other international aid organizations have launched a campaign to halve the incidence of malaria by 2010.
21 February 2002 Research challenges proposed link between malaria growth and global warming (by Kate Wong) Research challenges the idea that global warming has increased the incidence of malaria.
August 2000, pages 36-43 Is global warming harmful to health? (by Paul R. Epstein) Looks at ways in which rising temperatures will affect human health.
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