Models predict climate change will lead to increase in invasive spongy moth outbreaks

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Jan 7, 2025, 10:14 am232 pts
Computer models developed by the University of Chicago and Argonne National Laboratory predict that hotter, drier conditions in North America will limit the growth of a fungus that normally curbs the spread of the spongy moth, an invasive species that has caused millions of dollars in damage to forests.

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