News Headline

Are locust outbreaks caused by climate change?

Source
The National (Dubai)

Publication Date
2020-02-05

Hundreds of millions of desert locusts have swept over East Africa, destroying crops, ravaging pastures and threatening to worsen a hunger crisis in some of the world’s most vulnerable countries. The worst outbreak in decades has affected Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia – and the number of locusts could grow by 500 times by June, the United Nations said.

Content
https://www.thenational.ae/world/africa/are-locust-outbreaks-caused-by-climate-change-1.974365