How will climate change affect the number of insects?

Sep 2, 2021

A child tries to chase away a swarm of desert locusts in Naiperere, near the town of Rumuruti, Kenya, January 30, 2021.

Previous research projects that losses of crops to insects will increase from 10% to 25%. Image: REUTERS/Baz Ratner

Esther Ndumi Ngumbi

Research Fellow, Auburn University

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