Climate change could mean more intense locust outbreaks and threaten food security



A new study by a research team from Arizona State University has found that climate change will dramatically increase the intensity of locust swarms, resulting in even more crops lost to insect pests and threatening food security. Read more at https://phys.org/news/2022-09-climate-intense-locust-outbreaks-threaten.html

In this video: When in their gregarious phase, these South American locusts can form swarms of millions, capable of migrating 90 miles in a day and consuming as much food as 35,000 people.

Video Credit: Jacob Youngblood

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