Ancient Malaria: Global Paleoclimate Suitability Explorer

Where, and when in the year, was the climate capable of supporting malaria transmission in the ancient world? This interactive explorer runs the whole Holocene, 9750 BCE to 1999 CE, month by month and year by year, built from the TraCE-21K-II transient climate simulation of the last 21,000 years. Two study windows are called out: the 430 BCE Plague of Athens, and Tylos-period Bahrain (400 to 600 CE) across the Late Antique Little Ice Age.

Open the explorer: https://ancientmalaria.diseaseecologylab.org

Access note: the explorer is currently restricted to coauthors while the associated manuscripts are under review, so you will be asked for a username and password. It will open to everyone once the papers are published.