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Climate change raises locust threat
2013-03-18 00:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Daily Star: Israel is not the only transgressor violating Lebanon's airspace.Farmers and city-dwellers alike were taken by surprise over the weekend when flights of locusts descended on parts of the Lebanese coast, from Tyre in the south to Tripoli in the north. While Sunday's drop in temperature is expected to kill off or drive out the most recent wave of winged invaders, global warming could make locust infestations a real threat to Lebanon's crops and environment. "Usually we have these hot winds from...
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