Caterpillars Devour 45 Towns in Liberia: Climate Change Possibly to Blame

In the aftermath of another extended rainy season, Liberia has experienced its worst caterpillar plague in three decades. Tens of millions of the black-haired creatures have swarmed farms, devastated crops and contaminated several major waterways with their feces. The lingering rainy seasons, which might be an indication of global warming, are the likely culprit for the creepy invasion.

… The crisis ominously supports the IPCC prediction that Africa is likely to be the worst hit by global warming, and that many of the negative effects of climate change could be unanticipated and impossible to prepare for.

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