Insect calamity:
1. 98% loss in some regions
2. entomologists: crisis is global
3. abundance/biodiversity decline
4. other arthropods vanishing too
5. link to bird, lizard, frog declines
6. fears for food chain
7. culprits: pesticides, habitat harm
8. also: abrupt climate change
1. 98% loss in some regions
2. entomologists: crisis is global
3. abundance/biodiversity decline
4. other arthropods vanishing too
5. link to bird, lizard, frog declines
6. fears for food chain
7. culprits: pesticides, habitat harm
8. also: abrupt climate change
On a scale of 0 to 10, researchers on six continents rated the severity of the insect abundance crisis as either 8/10, 9/10 or 10/10. ⚠️
news.mongabay.com/2019/06/the-gr…
news.mongabay.com/2019/06/the-gr…
'compelling evidence of a major problem — large-scale declines in the numbers and diversity of insects and other jointed invertebrates known as arthropods'
'insect declines are real, and they’re every bit as severe as had been feared'nature.com/articles/d4158…
'insect declines are real, and they’re every bit as severe as had been feared'nature.com/articles/d4158…
Report by leading ecologists:
🔺pesticide use has doubled over 25 years, leading 23 species of bees to go extinct
🔺approx. half of all insects have been lost since 1970 due to the heavy use of pesticides, which could spell disaster for all life on Earth
dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/ar…
🔺pesticide use has doubled over 25 years, leading 23 species of bees to go extinct
🔺approx. half of all insects have been lost since 1970 due to the heavy use of pesticides, which could spell disaster for all life on Earth
dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/ar…
When a scientist who studies the essential role insects play in the health of the ecosystem calls a new study on the dramatic decline of bug populations... “one of the most disturbing articles” he’s ever read, it’s time for the world to pay attention.truthdig.com/articles/insec…
Various factors, from monoculture farming to habitat loss, are to blame.
"The decline is dramatic and depressing and it affects all kinds of insects, including butterflies, wild bees, and hoverflies,” says Martin Sorg, an entomologist...
e360.yale.edu/features/insec…
"The decline is dramatic and depressing and it affects all kinds of insects, including butterflies, wild bees, and hoverflies,” says Martin Sorg, an entomologist...
e360.yale.edu/features/insec…
'potent link between intensifying heat waves and stunning declines in the abundance of arthropods'
'at a planetary scale, arthropods are suffering from a wide variety of environmental insults. There’s no single reason why their populations are collapsing.'theconversation.com/climate-change…
'at a planetary scale, arthropods are suffering from a wide variety of environmental insults. There’s no single reason why their populations are collapsing.'theconversation.com/climate-change…
'Insects and spiders are declining in forests and grasslands across Germany...
Scientists have described the findings as "alarming", saying the losses are driven by intensive agriculture.
They are calling for a "paradigm shift" in land-use policy...'
bbc.com/news/science-e…
Scientists have described the findings as "alarming", saying the losses are driven by intensive agriculture.
They are calling for a "paradigm shift" in land-use policy...'
bbc.com/news/science-e…
