"When Twenty-Six Thousand Stinkbugs Invade Your Home"
"These uniquely versatile bugs are decimating crops and infiltrating houses all across the country. Will we ever be able to get rid of them?"
Source: New Yorker, 03/12/2018
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Judge Orders California Agricultural Officials To Cease Pesticide Use
"A judge has ordered California agricultural officials to stop spraying pesticides on public and private property to control insects that threaten the state’s $45-billion agriculture industry."
Source: LA Times, 03/01/2018
"Left to Louisiana’s Tides, a Village Fights for Time"
"For the community of Jean Lafitte, the question is less whether it will succumb to the sea than when — and how much the public should invest in artificially extending its life."
Source: NY Times / NOLA.com, 02/26/2018
"‘This Is Very Alarming!’: Flying Insects Vanish From Nature Preserves"
"Not long ago, a lengthy drive on a hot day wouldn't be complete without scraping bug guts off a windshield. But splattered insects have gone the way of the Chevy Nova — you just don't see them on the road like you used to."
Source: Washington Post, 10/20/2017
After 350 Million Piñons Die, Scientists Fear For This Forest’s Future
"Heat, drought, wildfire and insects threaten an iconic pine — and potentially an entire ecosystem — as climate change looms large in the American Southwest".
Source: Ensia, 09/28/2017
"The Terrifying Science Behind Floating Fire Ant Colonies"
"In addition to widespread suffering and devastation, Hurricane Harvey has brought a plague of floating fire ants to the Houston region."
Source: Washington Post, 09/01/2017
Tree-Killing Beetles Spread into Northern U.S. Forests as Temps Rise
"A study finds strong links between climate change and the spread of southern pine beetles, whose damage increases the risk of ecosystem harm and forest fires."
Source: InsideClimate News, 08/29/2017
"Why the Arctic's Mosquito Problem Is Getting Bigger, Badder"
"The trend could spell disaster for caribou (and more nasty bites for humans)."
Source: National Geographic, 08/15/2017
Climate Explodes Larch Beetle Numbers, Transforming Minnesota Forests
"Eastern larch beetles, tiny burrowing bugs native to Minnesota, are exploding in number across the state’s northern forest and have killed or damaged about a third of the state’s tamarack trees — one of the first clear signs of a rapidly changing climate."
Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune, 08/15/2017
"EU Court Orders Poland To Stop Logging Primeval Forest Now"
"The European Union's top court ordered Poland on Friday to immediately halt large-scale logging in an ancient protected forest, one of many cases that has pitted the nationalist, eurosceptic government in Warsaw against the bloc."
Source: Reuters, 07/31/2017
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