Tag: locusts
Desert locusts should benefit from global warming
Global warming threatens certain species, but could well favor others. And that’s not necessarily good news for men. According to a study published in Science Advances, locust invasions could increase.…
Locusts torment in Afghanistan of hunger
full screen A farmer tries to stomp to death invading locusts in the Balkh province of Afghanistan. Photo: Wakil Kohsar/AFP/TT Swarms of locusts are spreading over crops in northern Afghanistan,…
Locusts torment in Afghanistan of hunger
Facts: Afghanistan Afghanistan is an Islamic republic with a gender-segregated society. The arch-conservative Taliban, who rule the country, call it an Islamic emirate. War has raged essentially constantly since the…
against locusts, prevention costs less than reaction
In Madagascar, the “locusta migratoria”, this endemic locust of the island, which reproduces at a dizzying speed and which likes to feed on rice or corn plants, has become more…