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- The Collapse of Insects https://www.reuters.com/graphics/GLOBAL-ENVIRONMENT/INSECT-APOCALYPSE/egpbykdxjvq/ 27 comments
- Plummeting insect numbers 'threaten collapse of nature' https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/feb/10/plummeting-insect-numbers-threaten-collapse-of-nature 24 comments
- Insect collapse https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jan/15/insect-collapse-we-are-destroying-our-life-support-systems 255 comments
- More Dramatic Insect Decline Confirms Inadequate Action on Pending Biodiversity Collapse - Beyond Pesticides Daily News Blog https://beyondpesticides.org/dailynewsblog/2023/02/more-dramatic-insect-decline-confirms-inadequate-action-on-pending-biodiversity-collapse/ 3 comments environment
- Biodiversity: 'Neither the magnitude nor the speed of the collapse of insects were anticipated by scientists' https://www.lemonde.fr/en/opinion/article/2023/02/13/biodiversity-neither-the-magnitude-nor-the-speed-of-the-collapse-of-insects-were-anticipated-by-scientists_6015473_23.html 106 comments environment
- Insect Populations Collapsing All Around the World, Yet Conservation Efforts Are Ignoring Them https://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/55323/20230203/insect-populations-collapsing-around-world-conservation-efforts-ignoring.htm 34 comments nature
- The Collapse of Insects https://www.reuters.com/graphics/GLOBAL-ENVIRONMENT/INSECT-APOCALYPSE/egpbykdxjvq/index.html 24 comments worldnews
- The Collapse of Insects https://www.reuters.com/graphics/GLOBAL-ENVIRONMENT/INSECT-APOCALYPSE/egpbykdxjvq/index.html 249 comments futurology
- "...simple math hints that the very real ecological disaster of the collapse of insect populations may look even more apocalyptic thanks to the parallel rise of another ecological time bomb: the world’s intensifying love affair with ever more and ever bigger automobiles." https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2022/10/21/dead-bugs-on-windshields/ 7 comments nature
- Climate change triggering global collapse in insect numbers: stressed farmland shows 63% decline – new research https://theconversation.com/climate-change-triggering-global-collapse-in-insect-numbers-stressed-farmland-shows-63-decline-new-research-170738 3 comments environment
- Robotised insects may search collapsed buildings for survivors https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/robotised-insects-may-search-collapsed-buildings-for-survivors/21808326 49 comments futurology
- Robotised insects may search collapsed buildings for survivors https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/robotised-insects-may-search-collapsed-buildings-for-survivors/21808326 323 comments technology
- Insect population collapse: new evidence links it to dams https://theconversation.com/insect-population-collapse-new-evidence-links-it-to-dams-162626 21 comments environment
- Major report calls for huge pesticide reductions to halt collapse in vital insect populations | Insects are rapidly being annihilated, risking ecosystem collapse with dire repercussions for humanity, according to a report urging major new targets to preserve these vital creatures & their environment https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/insects-decline-uk-wildlife-trusts-report-pesticides-habitat-loss-a9606726.html?utm_source=reddit.com 103 comments worldnews
- 'An alarm bell we must not ignore’: Major report calls for huge pesticide reductions to halt collapse in vital insect populations | Insects are rapidly being annihilated, risking ecosystem collapse with dire repercussions for humanity, according to a report https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/insects-decline-uk-wildlife-trusts-report-pesticides-habitat-loss-a9606726.html 21 comments worldnews
- ‘An alarm bell we must not ignore’: Major report calls for huge pesticide reductions to halt collapse in vital insect populations - Almost 17,000 tonnes of pesticides are sprayed on UK countryside each year, warns The Wildlife Trusts https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/insects-decline-uk-wildlife-trusts-report-pesticides-habitat-loss-a9606726.html 68 comments worldnews
- Industrial farming is driving global insect collapse - 41% of insect species are in decline, and one-third of all insect species are threatened with extinction. https://climateandcapitalism.com/2020/06/10/industrial-farming-drive-insect-decline/ 172 comments environment
- Fates of humans and insects intertwined, warn scientists. Experts call for solutions to be enforced immediately to halt global population collapses. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/feb/20/fates-humans-insects-intertwined-scientists-population-collapse 261 comments worldnews
- A new report suggested half of all insects may have been lost since 1970 as a result of the destruction of nature and heavy use of pesticides. The report said 40% of the 1million known species of insect are facing extinction. Widespread declines threaten a “catastrophic collapse of nature’s ecosyst https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/nov/13/insect-apocalypse-poses-risk-to-all-life-on-earth-conservationists-warn 8 comments science
- Fishery collapse ‘confirms Silent Spring pesticide prophecy', suggests researchers in new Japanese study in Science, which showed an immediate plunge in insect and plankton numbers after introduction of neonicotinoid pesticides to rice paddies, rapidly followed by the collapse of fish populations. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/oct/31/fishery-collapse-confirms-silent-spring-pesticide-prophecy 264 comments worldnews
- Fishery collapse ‘confirms Silent Spring pesticide prophecy', suggests researchers in new Japanese study in Science, which showed an immediate plunge in insect and plankton numbers after introduction of neonicotinoid pesticides to rice paddies, rapidly followed by the collapse of fish populations. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/oct/31/fishery-collapse-confirms-silent-spring-pesticide-prophecy 857 comments science
- Speaking of lack of earthworms in farmers' fields, have you heard about the global insect collapse? https://m.phys.org/news/2019-02-world-catastrophic-collapse-insects.html 60 comments worldnews
- Global insect collapse ‘catastrophic for the survival of mankind’ https://thinkprogress.org/global-insect-collapse-climate-change-453d17447ef6/ 6 comments worldnews
- Global insect collapse ‘catastrophic for the survival of mankind’ https://thinkprogress.org/global-insect-collapse-climate-change-453d17447ef6/ 204 comments politics
- Global insect collapse ‘catastrophic for the survival of mankind’ | Humans are on track to wipe out insects within decades, study finds. https://thinkprogress.org/global-insect-collapse-climate-change-453d17447ef6/ 2381 comments worldnews
- Plummeting insect numbers 'threaten collapse of nature' https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/feb/10/plummeting-insect-numbers-threaten-collapse-of-nature 3 comments worldnews
- Plummeting insect numbers 'threaten collapse of nature' https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/feb/10/plummeting-insect-numbers-threaten-collapse-of-nature 131 comments worldnews
- Plummeting insect numbers 'threaten collapse of nature' - insects are reportedly facing an annual population decline of 2.5% https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/feb/10/plummeting-insect-numbers-threaten-collapse-of-nature?cmp=share_androidapp_post_on_reddit 8 comments worldnews
- Plummeting insect numbers threaten collapse of nature https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/feb/10/plummeting-insect-numbers-threaten-collapse-of-nature? 4227 comments worldnews
- Insect collapse: ‘We are destroying our life support system.’ https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jan/15/insect-collapse-we-are-destroying-our-life-support-systems 112 comments politics
- Insect collapse: ‘We are destroying our life support systems’. Scientist Brad Lister returned to Puerto Rican rainforest after 35 years to find 98% of ground insects had vanished https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jan/15/insect-collapse-we-are-destroying-our-life-support-systems 18 comments worldnews
- Insect collapse: ‘We are destroying our life support systems’ https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jan/15/insect-collapse-we-are-destroying-our-life-support-systems 38 comments worldnews
- Insect collapse: ‘We are destroying our life support systems’ https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jan/15/insect-collapse-we-are-destroying-our-life-support-systems 28 comments worldnews
- climate change set to cause wide-spread collapse of insect species, scientists warn https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/may/17/climate-change-on-track-to-cause-major-insect-wipeout-scientists-warn 4 comments worldnews
- A giant insect ecosystem is collapsing due to humans. Insect abundance has fallen by 75% over the last 27 years. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/oct/21/insects-giant-ecosystem-collapsing-human-activity-catastrophe 395 comments worldnews
- German study finds 75% reduction in flying insect biomass over the past 25 years, suggesting the possibility of large-scale ecological collapse http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0185809 1615 comments science
- The great mystery of bee deaths has been solved. Colony Collapse Disorder is poisoning with a known insect neurotoxin manufactured by Bayer http://www.naturalnews.com/023679.html 35 comments reddit.com