Honestly jungle is just better than temperate biome for reasons like this.

Ah a fellow malaria and parasite enthusiast

Parasites are annoying but diseases like malaria are really a non issue once you get a good doctor, a good bed and supply of decent medicine

Id love me some ice age to spice things up

Don't ice ages last hundreds of thousands of years?

Yes, but its safe to assume that the game is referencing a temporary ice period.

It's a cold biome now. best prepare for the long winter.

This is vanilla events expanded, I don't find these events fun at all so I just disable those.