Africa Braces for a Record Wave of Locusts
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| Africa Braces for a Record Wave of Locusts | |
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| Author: | Wall Street Journal |
| Language: | English |
| Published: | 2020 |
| Category: | Media |
| Species purview | |
| Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) | |
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Wall Street Journal
Resource description
Flood waters that swamped bean and corn fields created a breeding ground for a swarm of desert locusts that destroyed a swath of farmland across eight East African nations earlier this year. Now their offspring are threatening a second wave of locusts, 20 times as large.
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