Why ticks are so hard to kill
David Anderson,Benji JonesJan 26, 2021, 04:27 IST
Once
ticks find a secluded spot on your skin, they use two hook-like structures to tear into your flesh. Then they insert a barbed straw and get to work.
Ticks transmit as many as 16 diseases, including Lyme disease, which is more than any other insect including the mosquito. Some tick bites can cause people to become allergic to red meat.
Some scientists say climate change is to blame for the spread of ticks and the rise of tick-borne illnesses.
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Benji Jones: In the summer of 2019, a bull was found dead on a farm in North Carolina. Dead by exsanguination. Which means it was drained of blood. The culprit wasn t real-life vampires, but something just as frightening: an army of more than 1,000 Asian longhorned ticks.
Who wants one stressful election when you can have two?
The news: Democrats won both runoff elections in Georgia, giving them 50 of the Senate s 100 seats. The tiebreaking vote will fall to incoming Vice President Kamala Harris in other words, Dems regained control.
Congress could likely pass legislation that allocates more funding and extends tax credits for clean energy. That may be especially good news for EV companies.
His picks for key climate and energy roles will likely be confirmed.
Biden s administration could even restrict oil producers as part of a broader tax reform, one analyst said.
Big buts: It may be obvious, but a 50-50 split in the Senate gives Democrats a very narrow majority. That will be a problem for any sweeping climate bills, especially if they appear to constrict fossil fuels.