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Three ants crawl on a vine. The ants and the vine are seen in silhouette with a yellow sunset behind them.
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Ants Aren’t Adapting to Warmer Temperatures

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 17 February 202317 February 2023

Foraging in hotter-than-desired temperatures could negatively affect ants’ biology and the forest ecosystems that they support.

Viburnum leaf beetle on a chewed leaf
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Plant-Nibbling Insects May Make It Cloudier and Cooler

by Rebecca Dzombak 17 August 202217 August 2022

Insects that eat plant leaves could change the local atmosphere, but current climate models do not account for this impact.

Una mosca amarilla y negra se posa sobre los pétalos de una pequeña flor de mostaza amarilla. La mosca está mirando hacia la izquierda y fue fotografiada a una distancia lo suficientemente cercana como para que se vean las manchas de polen que cubren la mosca.
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La polinización se desplomó 31% en campos contaminados

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 12 April 202212 April 2022

Los niveles de contaminación del aire por debajo de los límites “seguros” (y más bajos que los que comúnmente se encuentran en las ciudades) llevaron a una disminución significativa de la polinización de hasta por 10 insectos comunes.

A yellow-and-black bee perches on the petals of a small yellow mustard flower. The bee faces left and was imaged at a range close enough that the flecks of pollen that cover the bee are visible.
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Pollination Plummeted 31% in Polluted Fields

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 18 February 202212 April 2022

Air pollution levels below “safe” limits (and lower than those commonly found in cities) led to a significant decrease in pollination by 10 common insects.

A yellow-, red-, and blue-striped fumigation tent covers a building.
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Termite Fumigation in California Is Fueling the Rise of a Rare Greenhouse Gas

Jenessa Duncombe, Staff Writer by Jenessa Duncombe 3 January 202227 March 2023

The insecticide sulfuryl fluoride isn’t included in federal or state emissions reduction goals.

Black-legged ticks, also known as deer ticks, are responsible for transmitting Lyme disease in the United States and Canada.
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Lyme Disease and the Dangers of the Forest Edge

Hannah Thomasy, Science Writer by Hannah Thomasy 8 December 20204 October 2022

Living near a forest edge may be an important risk factor for Lyme disease; these liminal spaces provide the perfect habitat for one of the black-legged tick’s favorite hosts.

A mosquito feeds on a host.
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Hydrology Helps Identify Future Malaria Hot Spots

Hannah Thomasy, Science Writer by Hannah Thomasy 12 October 202011 January 2022

Complex hydrological processes—not just the amount of rainfall—help determine where malaria-transmitting mosquitoes can thrive.

Thousands of locusts descend on an agricultural field
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Record Locust Swarms Hint at What’s to Come with Climate Change

by R. S. Khan 14 July 20202 March 2023

Warming oceans that feed cyclones have also bred record-breaking swarms of desert locusts. Such plagues could grow bigger and more widespread with climate change.

Four charts showing optimal habitats in the floodplain for different stream insects.
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Hydropower and Bugs

by E. Wohl 16 December 201928 February 2023

Alpine hydropower plants commonly flush sediment that accumulates at intakes, but the associated rapid rise in discharge, turbidity, and streambed instability put aquatic insects at risk.

Child receives an oral vaccine.
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El Niño May Be a Culprit Behind the Cholera Epidemic in Yemen

Joshua Learn, Science Writer by Joshua Rapp Learn 3 September 201911 January 2022

Increased rainfall in East Africa and subsequent wind may have brought infected bugs to Yemen, causing the worst cholera outbreak of our time.

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