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Who are the children most at risk from climate change?
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Who are the children most at risk from climate change?

Climate change affects everyone, but today's children are the ones who will be left to deal with the most disastrous consequences in the future.

browntail-moth caterpillar infestation
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Maine has a dangerous, small, and very itchy problem

Climate change is keeping temperatures higher in the fall, setting up browntail-moth caterpillars to boom in summer.
To fight locusts, historical rivals India rivals India and Pakistan team up
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To fight locusts, historical rivals India rivals India and Pakistan team up

The nations are cooperating to combat the crop-killing insects. But cross-border conflict has the potential to disrupt economies and food security.
A million people face food shortage in Ethiopia due to locusts
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A million people face food shortage in Ethiopia due to locusts

One million people are in need of emergency food assistance in Ethiopia after the worst desert locust outbreak in decades.
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Kenyan farmers battle fruit-flies
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Kenyan farmers battle fruit-fly menace as climate warms

As the planet heats up, growing pest numbers threaten Kenya's lucrative mango, avocado and other fruit crops.

‘Hundreds of hectares of moonscape’: B.C. spruce beetle infestation used to accelerate clear cuts
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‘Hundreds of hectares of moonscape’: B.C. spruce beetle infestation used to accelerate clear cuts

The largest spruce beetle epidemic in decades is attacking B.C.'s rain-rich interior, intensifying logging in forests that provide habitat for imperilled species like mountain caribou.

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