locust swarms

Top Tweets
Homes destroyed after a natural disaster
file cabinet with many folders
Trump standing smugly on stage
global plastic treaty
The world’s climate catastrophe worsens amid the pandemic

The world’s climate catastrophe worsens amid the pandemic

While countries went on lockdown, the Arctic caught on fire.
‘Overtaken by aliens’: India faces another plague as locusts swarm
www.nytimes.com

‘Overtaken by aliens’: India faces another plague as locusts swarm

Blizzards of bugs are descending on India at an already tough time. Scientists say climate change is making the infestation worse.
Locust swarms, some 3 times the size of New York City, are eating their way across two continents
insideclimatenews.org

Locust swarms, some 3 times the size of New York City, are eating their way across two continents

Climate change is worsening the largest plague of the crop-killing insects in 50 years, threatening famine in Africa, the Middle East and the Indian subcontinent.
‘Like an umbrella had covered the sky': Locust swarms despoil Kenya
www.nytimes.com

‘Like an umbrella had covered the sky': Locust swarms despoil Kenya

At first, villagers thought the dark, dense blot in the sky was a harmless cloud. Then came the terrifying realization that the locusts had arrived.
Top Story
East Africa’s plague of locusts and the bizarre climate science behind it
www.nationalgeographic.com

East Africa’s plague of locusts and the bizarre climate science behind it

Human activity has made an ocean circulation pattern misbehave—triggering a weird confluence of events that has caused the infestations.
ORIGINAL REPORTING
MOST POPULAR
CLIMATE