Expect Plagues of Locusts as Climate Change Gets Worse, Say Scientists
(WorldNews Africa)

It’s time to wake up. On Global Climate Day of Action, VICE Media Group is solely telling stories about our current climate crisis. Click here to meet young climate leaders from around the globe and learn how you can take action. For much of this year, desert locusts have ravaged large swathes of farmlands and forage across East Africa, the Middle East, Southwest Asia and West Africa, in one of the worst outbreaks in decades, threatening the livelihoods of millions of people. And, thanks to climate change, scientists are warning that these outbreaks are only going to get worse in the future, as extreme weather events continue to break out across every region. In November 2019,...