Locusts in East Africa Explained

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A plague of locusts has descended on East Africa, devouring crops, trees, and pasture as they move. Swarms can cover many square miles (sometimes areas as big as cities), move up to 100 miles a day, and eat their weight daily. Dino Martins ’11 is an entomologist, evolutionary biologist, and executive director of the Mpala Research Centre in northern Kenya, which is working to sequence the locust genome. He speaks about about the current situation in East Africa, focusing on his native Kenya, where he currently lives.

Published 2020-07-01 · Watch on YouTube ↗
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