Is climate change really driving the ratpocalypse?

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By Naveena SadasivamJun 5, 2019, 2:39 pm291 pts
Ticks, mosquitoes, tree-wrecking beetles, locusts. The list of pests expected to benefit as the planet heats up is long and getting longer. But what about rats? The answer is tricky. Headlines have warned about a coming ratpoclaypse driven by climate change. But there isn’t a lot of research to back these…

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