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If we lost all the insects in a ~100 year period, the result would be close enough to losing "all life on earth" for anyone who doesn't have a microscope (or, m
by actually_a_dog 4y ago
If we lost all the insects in a ~100 year period, the result would be close enough to losing "all life on earth" for anyone who doesn't have a microscope (or, more likely, a telescope). This is not an exaggeration in any sense of the word.
- ClumsyPilot 4y agoYou are not wrong, but isn't the insect-apocalypse distrinct from climate change? Insects aren't dying from CO2 emissions, different policies are needed to address them.
- actually_a_dog 4y agoIt’s a combination of climate change and loss of habitat from expanding agriculture. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/insects-are-dying-off-because-of-climate-change-and-farming/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/insects-are-dying...
- goatlover 4y agoWe won't lose all insects. They didn't all die off when a massive rock took out the non-avian dinosaurs 65 million years ago, and that was far more catastrophic (worse than any human nuclear winter scenario).
- astrange 4y agoMight’ve taken a while to grow back though. The loss of insects isn’t caused by climate change, it’s too much pesticide use and people trying to have lawns instead of native plants.