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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Mary Katherine Wildeman

As temperatures rise, mosquitoes are also on the move. Scientists worry that could mean more malaria

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As the planet warms, mosquitoes are slowly migrating upward.

The temperature range where malaria-carrying mosquitoes thrive is rising in elevation. Researchers have found evidence of the phenomenon from the tropical highlands of South America to the mountainous, populous regions of eastern Africa.

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