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No, Florida Today, Climate Change Isn’t Boosting Fire Ants in Flo...
The facts show that fire ants spread explosively in the 1940s through 1970s northward from the coasts, during a period when the Earth was modestly cooling, decades before “global warming” became a household term. Nor is there any evidence the modest warming experienced in North Florida, or elsewhere in what is already fire ant range, has made the invasive pest more likely to flourish than it already does.
No, Florida Today, Climate Change Isn’t Boosting Fire Ants in Florida - ClimateRealism
A recent article in Florida Today (FT) “Invasive fire ants spread, get boost from climate change in Florida” is not just false—it’s a classic case of alarmist reporting that ignores decades of entomological and ecological data. Fire ants have been widespread in Florida for decades, the existing climate being conducive to their flourishing across much of the country. The climate has not changed in any meaningful way to make the spread of fire any…
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