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Insects are vanishing worldwide – now it’s making it harder to grow food

February 21, 2023

Insects are vanishing worldwide – now it’s making it harder to grow food Over the past 20 years a steady trickle of scientific papers has reported that there are fewer insects than there used to be. Both the combined weight (what scientists call biomass) and diversity of insect species have declined. Some studies were based […]

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Scientists’ warning to humanity on insect extinctions

October 4, 2020

Scientists’ warning to humanity on insect extinctions Preface. Below are excerpts from Cardoso, P., et al. 2020. Scientists’ warning to humanity on insect extinctions. Biological Conservation. *** Highlights: We are pushing many ecosystems beyond recovery, resulting in insect extinctions. Causes are habitat loss, pollution, invasives, climate change, and over exploitation. We lose biomass, diversity, unique histories, functions, […]

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Lack of Wild Bees Causes Crop Shortage, Could Lead to Food Security Issues

August 2, 2020

Lack of Wild Bees Causes Crop Shortage, Could Lead to Food Security Issues Bees are responsible for pollinating key crops like apples, and their decline now threatens crop yields. Pikist Without bees, future generations may not be able to identify with adages like, ‘An apple a day keeps the doctor away.’ Crop yields for key […]

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Genetically engineered honeybees: Not the dumbest idea ever, but close to it

September 15, 2019

Genetically engineered honeybees: Not the dumbest idea ever, but close to it In the wake of widespread declines in bee populations, farmers and beekeepers are wondering who exactly is going to pollinate that third of the world’s food crops which require pollination. The declines have been attributed to pesticides, parasites and climate change. In Europe […]

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“Which species are we sure we can survive without?” Revisited

February 20, 2019

“Which species are we sure we can survive without?” Revisited Two years ago I asked the question in the title of this piece. Now comes a wide-ranging study that suggests we are about to test that question in a major way. The study predicts that at the current rate of loss of insect species, 40 percent could be […]

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Will the Extinction of Bees Really Mean the End of Humanity?

June 5, 2018

Will the Extinction of Bees Really Mean the End of Humanity? Feared at best and considered a useless, disposable nuisance at worst, bees are among the most underappreciated creatures on the planet. That’s a shame because our very existence relies on the tiny buzzing creatures. We’ve known for years that bee populations all across North […]

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Warning of ‘ecological Armageddon’ after dramatic plunge in insect numbers

October 19, 2017

Warning of ‘ecological Armageddon’ after dramatic plunge in insect numbers Three-quarters of flying insects in nature reserves across Germany have vanished in 25 years, with serious implications for all life on Earth, scientists say Flying insects caught in a malaise trap, used by entomologists to collect samples. Photograph: Courtesy of Entomologisher Verein Krefeld The abundance […]

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