Pollinators are being wiped out to the point of extinction, with catastrophic consequences for all life on Earth.
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'pollination depends on thousands of wild insect types, such as bumblebees, flies and beetles.'
Scientists have known for years that pollinators are increasingly under threat.
From 2013:
ft.com/content/a7ffe7…
Extinction:
40% of invertebrate pollinator species (bees, butterflies) and 16% of vertebrate pollinators (bats & birds) are threatened with extinction.
The causes:
🔺pesticides
🔺habitat loss due to development
🔺pathogens
🔺global warming
From 2016:
grist.org/food/mass-exti…
Up to 50% of global bee species may be threatened with extinction:
'a variety of agricultural practices are contributing to steep declines in key pollinating species'
m.phys.org/news/2016-02-p…
Disappearing bumblebee species under threat of extinction:
The American Bumblebee is critically endangered. The native N. American species, Bombus pensylvanicus, faces imminent extinction from Canada, highest/most at-risk classification before extinction.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/…
Bees:
'Insects are at the heart of every kind of ecological process you can think of.'
'If you're a bee and you are sick and poisoned and hungry all at the same time, then it is not surprising you might die.'
#EcologicalEmergency #pesticides
m.dw.com/en/we-cannot-s…
By 2013 it was believed that 1 in 5 of the millions of invertebrate species on Earth was at risk of Extinction.
Some of the most cherished species of all—butterflies—showed signs of a significant decline in population if not outright disappearance.
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