
Rats! More Rodents Are Infesting Cities as Scientists Say Warmer ...
2025年1月31日 · WASHINGTON (AP) — Rat infestation in many world cities appears to be soaring, especially in Washington, and a new study blames warming temperatures, urbanization and other human actions. A...
Rats! More rodents are infesting cities as scientists say warmer ...
2025年1月31日 · WASHINGTON (AP) — Rat infestation in many world cities appears to be soaring, especially in Washington, and a new study blames warming temperatures, urbanization and other human actions. A first-of-its-kind examination of trends and reasons in hard-to-count rat populations uses rat sighting reports in 16 cities around the world.
Increasing rat numbers in cities are linked to climate warming
2025年1月31日 · Identifying long-term trends in rat numbers and how they are shaped by environmental changes is critical for understanding their ecology, and projecting future vulnerabilities and mitigation needs. Here, we use public complaint and inspection data from 16 cities around the world to estimate trends in rat populations.
Climate change is amazing—if you’re a rat - National Geographic
2025年1月31日 · Scientists have already linked climate change to more severe weather, rising sea levels, and melting polar ice caps. And now, a new study offers more bad news. Urban rat populations appear to...
Hotter cities? Here come the rats - Science News
2025年1月31日 · As temperatures in cities increase, people make more rat complaints, a new study shows. If your city is getting rattier, climate change may be partially to blame.
Rat Populations Rise as Climate Change Warms Larger Cities
2025年2月6日 · Rat infestations are increasing all around the world, and scientists suggest that climate change may be to blame. Publishing their results in a recent Science Advances article, a team of researchers analyzed rat populations in 16 cities from around the world, including New York, Boston, and Washington, D.C.
These cities have big rat problems, and there’s one thing to blame
2025年1月31日 · It’s an urban myth, but scientists are warning cities across the globe are becoming far rattier, and the boom is primarily driven by one factor: climate change. Jonathan Richardson, a biology...
Global warming is really good for city-dwelling rats, study finds ...
2025年1月31日 · Global warming is really good for city-dwelling rats, study finds. - Los Angeles Times. An urban rat makes its way down some stairs. The warmer it gets, the faster rats multiply in cities...
More rodents are infesting cities as scientists say warmer …
2025年1月31日 · WASHINGTON (AP) — Rat infestation in many world cities appears to be soaring, especially in Washington, and a new study blames warming temperatures, urbanization and other human actions. A...
Scientists say warmer temperatures mean more rat babies, …
2025年1月31日 · More rodents are infesting cities as scientists say warmer temperatures mean more rat babies. Based on individual trends within cities, Washington was by far the leader in rat increases,...