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How the fact that we're seeing a 80% reduction in insect population fits in all of this? Honestly asking, I think it's really worrysome and not getting the atte

How the fact that we're seeing a 80% reduction in insect population fits in all of this? Honestly asking, I think it's really worrysome and not getting the attention it deserves.

Chris2048 3y ago
Of Interest: https://biodiversityireland.ie/the-silent-extinction-of-insects/ https://biodiversityireland.ie/the-silent-extinction-of-inse... The tone of which suggests the studies are not wide-ranging enough: each study has its flaws and limitations, as do all scientific studies, and in combination with the North American/European bias where most of studies were conducted, this means that it would be a stretch too far to say the science currently supports global insect declines: the jury is still out on insectageddon.
tuatoru 3y ago
Also arable land loss through erosion, desertification, poisoning and salinization, loss of coral reefs, overfishing ocean fish populations to extinction, and creation of anoxic dead zones in the ocean. And more! Destruction of coastal mangroves. Groundwater over-extraction. Pollution of freshwater reservoirs and rivers. Destruction of tropical rainforests and their collections of many possibly useful organisms. A while ago (2010?) the US Defence National Intelligence Council's report on threats labeled climate change a "force multiplier". That's all it is, really: the least of the things we're doing wrong, that we will have to fix this century. It makes the real problems a bit worse. People are going to be really disappointed when we change the car fleet to 100% EV, but somehow things still keep getting worse.
singularity2001 3y ago
I agree: fixing the global biocide of Bayer & monsanto is probably even more disastrous and should have even higher priority than climate change. There MUST be more sustainable ways of farming than killing the biosphere.
bratbag 3y ago
It doesn't. It's a different problem.

How the fact that we're seeing a 80% reduction in insect population fits in all of this? Honestly asking, I think it's really worrysome and not getting the attention it deserves.

Chris2048 3y ago

Of Interest: https://biodiversityireland.ie/the-silent-extinction-of-insects/ https://biodiversityireland.ie/the-silent-extinction-of-inse... The tone of which suggests the studies are not wide-ranging enough: each study has its flaws and limitations, as do all scientific studies, and in combination with the North American/European bias where most of studies were conducted, this means that it would be a stretch too far to say the science currently supports global insect declines: the jury is still out on insectageddon.

tuatoru 3y ago

Also arable land loss through erosion, desertification, poisoning and salinization, loss of coral reefs, overfishing ocean fish populations to extinction, and creation of anoxic dead zones in the ocean. And more! Destruction of coastal mangroves. Groundwater over-extraction. Pollution of freshwater reservoirs and rivers. Destruction of tropical rainforests and their collections of many possibly useful organisms. A while ago (2010?) the US Defence National Intelligence Council's report on threats labeled climate change a "force multiplier". That's all it is, really: the least of the things we're doing wrong, that we will have to fix this century. It makes the real problems a bit worse. People are going to be really disappointed when we change the car fleet to 100% EV, but somehow things still keep getting worse.

singularity2001 3y ago

I agree: fixing the global biocide of Bayer & monsanto is probably even more disastrous and should have even higher priority than climate change. There MUST be more sustainable ways of farming than killing the biosphere.

bratbag 3y ago

It doesn't. It's a different problem.