Italy logged 296 locally acquired cases in 2024, a European record. Transmission rose 19.8% per 1°C of warming, and modelling puts most of France in range for the mosquito that carries it this century.
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ANALYSISA high-resolution model of East Africa's most densely settled basin finds that two-thirds of the projected rise in exposure comes from temperature and population growth acting together.
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THE HEAT MAPOne projects 71,420 US deaths a year from wildfire smoke by 2050. The other projects 1.4 million globally by the end of the century, with Africa's burden rising elevenfold. Both rest on modelled chains, not observations.
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ANALYSISA study of 5,459 municipalities projects annual costs of $228-264 million by mid-century, with the largest absolute burden in the South and the fastest relative growth in the North.
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ANALYSISDeaths during combined heat and ozone days in Hong Kong, preterm births projected across Chinese cities to 2100, and a seasonal flip in Japan's ambulance demand from winter to summer.
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