Locusts: War Without End

Produced by WGBH for the Nova series

Studies the biological, political, and meteorological causes of the 1977-79 locust plague in Africa. Examines the life cycle of the locusts, the levels of rain and vegetation that apparently initiate the cycle, the effects on people and crops, the sociopolitical factors that facilitate the plagues, and the efforts of scientists to predict and control the devastating swarms

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