Passage 5 Climate change is not just a change in the global temperature; it is also a change in the weather. Scientists say we can expect more extreme weather events 1) ________ some areas seeing more rains and flooding, while other areas getting hotter, drier and more likely to get droughts and forest fires. “Climate change has a broad 2)_________ on health, both through the direct effect that climate change has on extreme weather—heat waves to heavy rainfall events and 3)___________flooding, coastal storms, hurricanes—but also indirectly, in the way that it 4)_______ disease ecology, or ecosystems that are important in maintaining a 5)_________ environment.” Scientists are seeing more heavy rains in some regions, drought in others. The rain can create flood plains where mosquitoes 6)_________, and storms, floods and droughts can create conditions resulting in water-and mosquito-borne diseases. Scientists expect storms and floods to 7)__________ the spread of cholera in developing countries as flooding creates contaminated water. Other research concerns the spread of malaria. A larger portion of Africa than 8) ___________predicted is now at high risk for malaria transmission, according to a new University of Florida mapping study. Malaria will arrive in new areas, the research 9)____________, posting a risk to new populations and will require changes in 10)_____________ public health. The study also shows that some parts of Africa will become too hot for malaria.