Extreme weather events in 2021 have broken records around the world.Hundreds died in storms and heatwaves.Farmers struggled with drought, and for some, extreme cases of insects.Wildfires set new records for carbon output.Fires destroyed forests, towns, and homes.Many of these events were worsened by climate change.Scientists say there are more to come, and worse, as the Earth's atmosphere continues to warm through the next ten years and beyond.Here are some of the events over the last year:Kenya and other parts of East Africa battled some of the worst locust plagues in tens of years.A locust is a kind of insect that eats crops.The insects destroyed crops and grasslands meant for animals.Scientists say that unusual weather worsened by climate change created good conditions for the insects to expand.
