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Global warming fuels cockroach surge in Japan's Hokkaido

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Cockroaches are becoming a significant problem in Japan's Hokkaido region, a place historically known for its cold climate that deterred such pests. Experts attribute this surge to rising average temperatures, with summer highs reaching unprecedented levels and winters becoming milder. These changing environmental conditions, coupled with increasingly "artificial environments," are allowing the insects to thrive in an area previously considered too hostile for them. AI

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Global warming fuels cockroach surge in Japan's Hokkaido

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Julian Ryall ·

    Cold comfort: Japan’s Hokkaido battles cockroach surge amid global warming

    In all his five decades of living in Hokkaido, Makoto Watanabe cannot recall ever being confronted by a cockroach. But he admits being alarmed by reports that the despised insects are taking advantage of global warming to gain a foothold in a part of Japan where winters were prev…

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