Climate Now by Copernicus - May 2023
Alien ant invasion: how climate change helps exotic species colonise Europe
According to the latest data from the Copernicus Climate Change Service, the past month of May tied as the joint second warmest on record. The global temperatures were 0.4 degrees Celsius above the 1991-2020 average.
The data showed that European temperatures were largely average. Meanwhile, Canada, the northern US, and certain regions over the Pacific saw significantly higher temperatures.
In this episode Climate Now investigates how warmer winters and sunnier springs are encouraging the spread of exotic species of ant to western Europe.
