COCKROACH FARTS CHOKE THE WORLD

They're causing global warming

- ISOBEL DICKINSON

FARTING cockroaches could be fuelling a climate catastrophe.

The bottom-burping bugs' numbers have soared because of record-breaking temperatures.

And experts say insect flatulence may account for one-fifth of all the methane emissions on the planet - with cockroaches among the worst offenders.

Rentokil say one tiny cockroach can emit as much as 35g of methane a year.