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Posted Mon Sep 2 2013: from Reuters: Warming helps crop pests spread north, south: study http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1378130677 Crop-damaging pests are moving towards the poles at a rate of more than 25 km (16 miles) a decade, aided by global warming and human transport, posing a potential threat to world food security, a study showed on Sunday. The spread of beetles, moths, bacteria, worms, funghi and other pests in a warming world may be quicker than for many types of wild animals and plants, perhaps because people are accidentally moving them with harvests, it said. [Read more stories about: climate impacts, food safety, health impacts, koyaanisqatsi, anthropogenic change] New!: No reader quips yet -- be the first! Got a PaniQuip? Your Quip (limit 140 characters, no links, just wit): First name: The text shown in the Web image to the right: We reserve the right to reuse, remove, or refuse any entry.

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