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Okay, go nuts: More than 75 percent decline over 27 years in total flying insect biomass in protected areas https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.137

• rootusrootus 5y ago
  I've read it. There has been a huge backlash over that paper, from actual scientists critical of the methodology and conclusions. They make a compelling case that this one particular study should be taken with a grain of salt.
  • ABCLAW 5y ago
    All of the backlash I've seen over the paper has to do with the precision and effect sizes measured - I haven't seen an argument, let alone a credible argument, that the effect itself is not real. Follow-up research has confirmed that the effect is real and significant: Arthropod decline in grasslands and forests is associated with landscape-level drivers https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-019-1684-3 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-019-1684-3 The follow-up indicates that the effect sizes are greatest for agricultural areas.