Locust attacks have links with climate change

This insect grows exponentially and an average locust swarm, believe it or not, can have 8 million critters, which can devour as much food in one day as 2,500 people or 10 elephants

It is now pretty clear that the intensity and scale of the Australian bush fires — which have scorched its land, killed people and wildlife, and burnt down homes — have links with climate change. Bush fires are common in that part of the world, but these infernos were caused by increasing levels of heat, which have dried the ground and turned it into a tinderbox. This, combined with prolonged drought, made it an ideal ground for the blaze. But even as international attention focused on the fires, there was a much worse human tragedy playing out in our part