Maria Rodale, Huffington Post: What Do Bedbugs Have to Do with Global Warming?

It occurred to me that maybe there is a connection to the excessive amounts of CO2 in our atmosphere (a major contributor to global warming) and a surge in bedbugs.

While it sounds like a crazy idea, my family is renowned for having crazy ideas that prove true decades later.
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I would love it if some wacky Google search or RSS feed would connect me with some scientists who may be looking at the connection between bedbugs and global warming or climate change.

2007 Flashback: Global warming blamed for bedbug "epidemic"

Experts believe the huge expansion in air travel, coupled with global warming, has brought millions of bedbugs into the country on travellers' clothes and in their suitcases.