Sunday, August 6, 2023

What's causing insects to die out?

hungry baby birds
Ben See
@ClimateBen
BREAKING:  scientists confirm there are so many different things contributing to insect declines during the rapid mass extinction of industrial capitalism that it’s death by a thousand cuts

On mass extinction

"What Happens If a Tiny Insect Goes Extinct? Should We Even Care?: The looming threat of an insect apocalypse with the possibility of countless extinct species has environmentalists concerned. Are there any solutions to this crisis?" Anna Nordseth, Discover Magazine, Jul 1, 2023

More losers than winners: investigating Anthropocene defaunation through the diversity of population trends Catherine Finn, Florencia Grattarola, Daniel Pincheira-Donoso. 15 May 2023

Stewart, M., Carleton, W.C. & Groucutt, H.S. Climate change, not human population growth, correlates with Late Quaternary megafauna declines in North America. Nat Commun 12, 965 (2021).

Agribusiness drives severe decline of essential insects. June 10, 2020.

North American grassland birds in peril, spurring all-out effort to save birds and their habitat | AP News

Why you should tell your children about vanishing fireflies. Advice by Michael J. Coren. Washington Post, August 29, 2023

It's about CO2 emissions

"Supervolcano study finds CO2 emissions key to avoiding climate disasters," Curtin University, Phys.org, July 26, 2022

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