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If every insect suddenly disappeared overnight all life on Earth would end by 2070 so I trust newspapers will now focus on how the annihilation of insects due to habitat destruction, pesticides and climate change is speeding up with one nightmarish study indicating a 98% decline?
Recent studies from Germany (76% decline in biomass over 26 years) and Puerto Rico (75-98% decline over 35 years) suggest insects are in a state of catastrophic population collapse.
Corroborative evidence suggests that these declines are not isolated.
https://www.cell.com/current-biology/pdf/S0960-9822(19)30796-1.pdf
Corroborative evidence suggests that these declines are not isolated.
https://www.cell.com/current-biology/pdf/S0960-9822(19)30796-1.pdf
"if all insects on Earth disappeared, within 50 years all life on Earth would end"
Insects play a vital role to recycle nutrients, they are a crucial food source for birds, mammals and amphibians, and many flying insects are important pollinators. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-09-14/climate-change-insects-life-support-species-extinct-shearman/10230188
Insects play a vital role to recycle nutrients, they are a crucial food source for birds, mammals and amphibians, and many flying insects are important pollinators.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-09-14/climate-change-insects-life-support-species-extinct-shearman/10230188
There is a great deal of evidence suggesting a global insect calamity is occurring.
We can take action to end industrial agriculture, stop deforestation, and slash emissions to zero by 2029, but this must involve extraordinary system change.
Thread:
https://twitter.com/ClimateBen/status/1190601264616419328?s=20
We can take action to end industrial agriculture, stop deforestation, and slash emissions to zero by 2029, but this must involve extraordinary system change.
Thread:
https://twitter.com/ClimateBen/status/1190601264616419328?s=20
