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Community => Recreation Commons => Our researchers have made a breakthrough! => Topic started by: Unorthodox on January 25, 2021, 09:13:00 PM

Title: Death by 1,000 cuts: Are major insect losses imperiling life on Earth?
Post by: Unorthodox on January 25, 2021, 09:13:00 PM

https://news.mongabay.com/2021/01/death-by-1000-cuts-are-major-insect-losses-imperiling-life-on-earth/

It doesn't want to copy/paste well, and there's many good reference links in the article. 

Synopsis, insects overall are losing 1-2% population density per year on average, and might start a cascade as pretty much everything in the food web has insects impacting it somewhere. 

Title: Re: Death by 1,000 cuts: Are major insect losses imperiling life on Earth?
Post by: Buster's Uncle on January 25, 2021, 09:24:54 PM

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