169K views · 1.5K reactions | As billions of cicadas emerge from the ground across 16 states in the Southeast and Midwest, scientists are noticing a possible impact from climate change. Since the periodical cicadas that crawl out of the ground are triggered by soil temperature, and since temperatures are rising more quickly in the spring and early summer, the insects, once known for being notoriously predictable, are emerging more than two weeks earlier than usual. | CBS Mornings | Facebook

174K views · 1.6K reactions | For the first time since 1803, two types of cicadas will emerge above ground across Illinois — a cycle that aligns every 221 years. It is just one of the 12 states that will see some of the trillions of emerging cicadas this summer. https://cbsn.ws/3JHMbCv | CBS Mornings | Facebook