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Sound is also actually quite problematic. Flowers can use vibrations to detect the presence of a nearby pollinator insect and makes itself more appealing. https
by boudin 6y ago
Sound is also actually quite problematic. Flowers can use vibrations to detect the presence of a nearby pollinator insect and makes itself more appealing. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/flowers-sweeten-when-they-hear-bees-buzzing-180971300/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/flowers-sweeten-wh...
The sound pollution might have the adverse effect of causing some plants to lose this ability to preserve energy for reproduction, indirectly impacting insects via the food chain.
Currently, due to the massive use of chemicals in the countryside, cities start to be havens for insects. There is a lot of beehives in London for example (too much actually according to a beekeeper I talked with). Until we manage to massively shift the way we do agriculture it might make sense to make it as safe as possible for insects in urban areas.