Pirbright team show UK midge season has extended due to climate change
Posted: 1 July, 2019
A team of scientists at The Pirbright Institute, Rothamsted Research, The Centre for Ecology and Hydrology and the Met Office have provided the first evidence that the UK midge season has extended over the last 40 years due to climate change. The findings could help scientists to make better predictions about how the spread of livestock diseases that are transmitted by midges, such as bluetongue, might alter in response to future climate change.