Thread by @ClimateBen

The world’s worms are being killed off by industrial agriculture.

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dw.com/en/earthworm-n…

Modern farming practices have killed off 4 out of 5 worms that once lived on farms.

'If you dreamed up plots to quietly undermine civilization, few could be more diabolical than destroying its foundation — the soil life' we need to grow food.

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thedailybeast.com/the-coming-wor…

There has been an 83% decline in earthworm biomass under industrial agricultural methods (tillage and chemical fertilizers) as compared to agroecological methods.

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mdpi.com/2571-8789/2/2/…

Deep-burrowing worms are in decline due to modern farming practices.

4/8 theguardian.com/environment/sh…

Surface dwelling earthworms have vanished in some fields in Britain due to intensive farming practices, mostly excessive tillage and overuse of chemicals.

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theguardian.com/environment/20…

Scientists are concerned about earthworms.

(some helpful information here, just ignore the silliness of the headline)

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theconversation.com/earthworms-are…

Microplastic pollution is another major threat to soil life.

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theguardian.com/environment/20…

N.B. The Guardian, DW etc are directly contributing to the destruction of life on the planet by helping to maintain the ecocidal corporate systems of industrial civilisation in which they have a key propaganda role.

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