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Posted by feww on February 6, 2017
Crop-Destroying Armyworm “Spreading Rapidly” in Africa –Study
Crop-destroying armyworm caterpillar is now spreading rapidly across Mainland Africa and could soon spread to tropical Asia and the Mediterranean, becoming a major threat to agriculture and food security worldwide, said CABI.
“We are now able to confirm that the fall armyworm is spreading very rapidly outside the Americas, and it can be expected to spread to the limits of suitable African habitat within just a few years. It likely travelled to Africa as adults or egg masses on direct commercial flights and has since been spread within Africa by its own strong flight ability and carried as a contaminant on crop produce,” CABI’s Chief Scientist said.
The fall armyworm destroys crop by burrows into them. It’s called the fall armyworm because it migrates into temperate North America in Autumn (fall). This pest has long been a problem throughout tropical America, damaging vital crops. It mostly affects maize (corn) but it has been recorded eating more than 100 different plant species, causing major damage to economically important cultivated grass crops such as maize, rice, sorghum and sugarcane as well as other crops including cabbage, beet, peanut, soybean, alfalfa, onion, cotton, pasture grasses, millet, tomato, potato and cotton. Source: CABI
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Posted by feww on October 4, 2012
DISASTER CALENDAR SYMBOLIC COUNTDOWN: 1,259 Days Left
[October 4, 2012] Mass die-offs resulting from human impact and the planetary response to the anthropogenic assault could occur by early 2016.
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SYMBOLIC COUNTDOWN: 1,259 Days Left to the ‘Worst Day’ in Human History
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Global Disasters/ Significant Events
Agricultural Disaster Declared in 216 Additional Counties
USDA has declared 216 additional counties across nine states as disaster areas (total includes both primary and contiguous designations) due to drought and damaging weather.
- The states are Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, Minnesota, New York, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Wisconsin.
U.S. Drought Disaster Map, October 3, 2012. Source: USDA. Edited for brevity by FIRE-EARTH.
- The disasters were caused by
- Drought in Minnesota and North Dakota.
- Flash flooding, high winds and hail that began June 22, 2012, and continues in New York.
- Damages and losses caused by weather-related armyworm outbreak that began May 15 and continues in New York and Pennsylvania.
- Damages and losses caused by Hurricane Isaac and related conditions such as excessive rain, flooding, hail, high winds and tornadoes that occurred during the period of April 1 – Sept. 14, 2012 in Alabama, Louisiana and Tennessee.
- Severe storms with high winds and excessive rain that occurred May 24-June 27, 2012
- Damages and losses caused by drought and excessive heat followed by Hurricane Isaac and related conditions such as excessive rain, flooding, hail, high winds and tornadoes that occurred during the period of April 1 – Sept. 14, 2012 in Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee.
- Damages and losses caused by Hurricane Isaac in Alabama and Mississippi.
- Damages and losses caused by severe storms with high winds and excessive rain that occurred May 24-June 27, 2012 in Wisconsin.
- Damages and losses caused by unseasonably warm weather followed by frosts and freezes that occurred March 11-May 10, 2012 in Wisconsin.
- Damages and losses caused by high winds, excessive rain and flooding that occurred June 19-20, 2012 in Wisconsin and Minnesota.
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Posted by feww on June 24, 2012
DISASTER CALENDAR SYMBOLIC COUNTDOWN: 1,361 Days Left
[June 24, 2012] Mass die-offs resulting from human impact and the planetary response to the anthropogenic assault could occur by early 2016. SYMBOLIC COUNTDOWN: 1,361 Days Left to the ‘Worst Day’ in Human History…
Global Disasters: Links, Forecasts and Background
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Posted by feww on June 19, 2012
DISASTER CALENDAR SYMBOLIC COUNTDOWN: 1,367 Days Left
[June 18, 2012] Mass die-offs resulting from human impact and the planetary response to the anthropogenic assault could occur by early 2016. SYMBOLIC COUNTDOWN: 1,367 Days Left to the ‘Worst Day’ in Human History…
Global Disasters: Links, Forecasts and Background
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Posted by feww on June 17, 2012
DISASTER CALENDAR SYMBOLIC COUNTDOWN: 1,368 Days Left
[June 17, 2012] Mass die-offs resulting from human impact and the planetary response to the anthropogenic assault could occur by early 2016. SYMBOLIC COUNTDOWN: 1,368 Days Left to the ‘Worst Day’ in Human History…
Global Disasters: Links, Forecasts and Background
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