The global locust plague is about to sound the alarm. Is this locust plague related to the weather?

The global locust plague is related to the weather. High temperature, little rain and drought have become the recent climate for locust breeding. In 20 19, the drought in East Africa led to the drought in the whole African region, and the arid and rainy African land was a paradise for locust incubation.

The spawning rate of locusts is very high, reaching about 200,000 to 400,000 per square meter. It can be said that the reproduction speed of locusts is amazing, which means that wherever locusts go, there is no harvest of particles.

In this global locust plague, the most serious is East Africa. The number of locusts in East Africa is estimated to have reached 360 billion. It can only be said that this locust plague is the most serious in recent decades, and the signs of locust plague are slowly spreading. Now locusts have started to cross the Red Sea from Africa and started to wreak havoc, including Pakistan, India and other Asian countries, which made many countries unprepared for this locust disaster.

The plague of locusts and the weather have great factors, and global warming is the biggest reason. Now global warming leads to rampant locusts and dry weather, which provides a powerful environment for locust breeding, because locusts like dry environment very much. Generally speaking, the rapid reproduction of locusts is related to temperature, because locusts are warm animals, that is, the higher the temperature, the faster they grow and reproduce.

In recent years, global warming has made East Africa more and more arid, and long-term high temperature has become the best natural condition for the explosive growth of locusts.

Due to the suitable climatic conditions, the number of locusts is increasing. Generally, locusts can live for three months, but the reproductive rate of locusts is very high. If unchecked, the number of locusts will increase, endangering most countries in the world, reducing food production and endangering human life.

At present, the method adopted by human beings to reduce the number of locusts is to spray pesticides by plane, but because spraying pesticides requires a lot of money, FAO also calls on other countries to urgently support Africa.