Insect biology trends

Insect biology trends

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Are flying insects dying off? scientists fear so
Seattletimesdotcom
Scientists are noticing fewer flying insects that aren't really pests, like moths, fireflies and butterflies. A variety of reasons are suspected but they all...
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Scientist unveils blueprint to save bees and enrich farmers
The Guardian
Urgent planting of wildflowers will attract pollinators and boost farmers’ food crops, expert to tell UN
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The insect apocalypse is here
New York Times
What does it mean for the rest of life on Earth?
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Bee collapse: The varroa mite is more destructive than scientists ever knew
Inverse
"Now we understand why the pesticides the bees have been exposed to for decades are killing them."
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Insect collapse: ‘We are destroying our life support systems’
The Guardian
Scientist Brad Lister returned to Puerto Rican rainforest after 35 years to find 98% of ground insects had vanished
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Plummeting insect numbers 'threaten collapse of nature'
The Guardian
Exclusive: Insects could vanish within a century at current rate of decline, says global review
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Insect 'apocalypse' in U.S. driven by 50x increase in toxic pesticides
National Geographic
Bees, butterflies, and other insects are under attack by the very plants they feed on as U.S. agriculture continues to use chemicals known to kill.
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Germany to ban use of glyphosate weedkiller by end of 2023
The Guardian
Chemical is blamed for death of insects and suspected to cause cancer in humans
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Light pollution is key 'bringer of insect apocalypse'
The Guardian
Exclusive: scientists say bug deaths can be cut by switching off unnecessary lights
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Urgent new ‘roadmap to recovery’ could reverse insect apocalypse
The Guardian
Phasing out synthetic pesticides and fertilisers and aggressive emission reductions among series of solutions outlined by scientists
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Bumblebees are going extinct in a time of ‘climate chaos’
National Geographic
Loss of the vital pollinators, due in part to temperature extremes and fluctuations, could have dire consequences for ecosystems and agriculture.
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Sci­ent­ists warn hu­man­ity about world­wide in­sect de­cline, and sug­gest ways to re­cog­nise and avert its con­se­quences
Helsinki
Humanity is pushing many ecosystems beyond recovery. As a consequence, unquantified and unquantifiable insect extinctions are happening every day.
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Insect numbers down 25% since 1990, global study finds
The Guardian
Scientists say insects are vital and the losses worrying, with accelerating declines in Europe called shocking
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Florida is going to release 750 million mosquitoes genetically engineered to decimate the mosquito population
Fast Company
When the modified bugs reproduce with regular ones, their female offspring won’t survive. The result: a massive decline in the number of disease-carrying mosquitos. The risk: still up for debate.