3 BRILLIANT MINUTES: Warming climate could be the cause of increasing tick numbers and droughts

WBAY · last updated July 1, 2025 – 4:09 PM

GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) — Tick populations continue to explode in North America and ticks are migrating to places where they historically didn’t live. Is a changing climate to blame?

A hotter atmosphere holds more water, so does this create more precipitation, or does it create more droughts?

Watch the video above to find out.

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