Warming World Lets Insects And Disease Expand Their Reach

Here's more bad climate news courtesy of the BBC by way of the science journal Nature.

It seems that as the planet warms, insects and diseases are moving towards the poles from mainly tropic and subtropic habitats. Researchers at Exeter and Oxford have measured this movement at about two miles a year. As things heat up, that movement can be expected to increase.

This doesn't only meant that diseases such as malaria will spread. Global food security is also threatened as crop pests and other pathogens make their way further north and south.