What the researchers at Goddard had notices at the time of the first outbreak was that in the months preceding it, surface temperatures in the equatorial part of the Indian Ocean had risen by half a degree. These higher temperatures brought heavy sustained rains, cloud cover and warmer air to much of Horn of Africa. Mosquitoes multiplied wildly-and lived long enough for the virus that causes the fever to develop to the point where it is easily transmissible. In September 2007 the researches saw the same thing happening in the ocean, and suspected the same consequences would follow.
Article: “Remote diagnosis” from the Science and technology section of The Economist, May 23rd 2009
Subhanallah. Its amazing how Allah has created this earth in complete balance and perfection as his mercy and rahma to all of us. It only takes half degree in sea temperature for the mechanics of an epidemic to cause hundreds if not thousands of deaths. So how important is the environment to you?
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