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Cooler weather favours Chinese locusts

Thousand-year record suggests global warming could temper swarms.

Records made for over a thousand years in China show that locust infestations are more likely to occur following periods of cooler weather. This suggests that as climate change drives temperatures up, it may also force locust populations down — as long as temperature continues to affect rainfall in the same way as it has done so far.

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Posted by Nicola Jones on September 17, 2007
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Hi,
What seems to be happening to the climate is things are moving north. That is the northern hemisphere is getting warmer and the southern cooler. This has the consequence tropical Pathogens and of such will migrate with medical, environmental and social consequence.
Regards Dr. Terence Hale Zandvoort

Posted by: Terence Hale | September 20, 2007 09:45 AM

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