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- New York City is known for its rat problem.
- Despite gains in extermination technology, climate change might make the future a more ratty place.
- Warmer temperatures mean more rat sexy time and could lead to the spread of disease.
New York City has a new, highly lethal method for treating rats. But this, like the many methods it's tried to manage rat populations before, might not stop what some predict is a rat-filled future.