Here’s one story that critics of science and scientists who
study global warming will try to avoid mentioning: Malaria’s
spread in Tanzania appears to be due to deforestation plus a
warming climate that altered historic rainfall patterns. It’s
anecdotal evidence, partly. The case reinforces the point Al
Gore made in An Inconvenient Truth, that climate change can
smooth the path for the spread of diseases like malaria. Malaria
Threatens Nation’s Highlands Felix Mwakyembe, 6 March 2011 Mbeya
— Tanzania’s southern highlanders have long worried about
pneumonia and other respiratory illnesses brought on by the
cool, wet weather. But as climate change contributes to warmer
temperatures in the region, residents are facing a new health
threat: malaria. In Rungwe, a highland district in the south-
western Mbeya region bordering Malawi and Zambia, malaria is
fast replacing coughs, fever and pneumonia as the most serious
local health problem. The change has taken by surprise the
region’s residents, who live over 1,000 me