Warmer and sicker? Global warming and human health
Further reading
August 2010
The Science of Climate change: Questions and Answers.
A document summarising the current understanding of climate change science for non-specialist readers.
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.
October-November 2006, pages 34-35
Fever pitch (by Mark Juddery)
Reports that as the world warms, mosquitoes will spread more widely, spreading diseases.
25 February 2009, pages 28-33
How to survive the coming century(by Gaia Vince)
Predicts the effects of future climate change on human populations.
16 July 2008, page 17
There’s no ‘p’ in climate change
Reports that climate change may increase the incidence of kidney stones in some regions.
16 July 2008, page 17
Climate change may increase kidney stones
Reports that climate change may increase the incidence of kidney stones in some regions.
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.
16 February 2009
Rise in malaria rates, drug resistance tied to climate (by Andrew McGlashen)
Proposes that global warming is causing a surge in malaria in some areas.
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.
Page updated September 2010.