‘Hyper-alarming’ study reveals dramatic decline of insect population in rainforest

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UPDATED: Monday, October 22, 2018 11:46
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REAVERFAN

Sunday, October 21, 2018 9:25 AM

Insects around the world are in a crisis, according to a small but growing number of long-term studies showing dramatic declines in invertebrate populations. A new report suggests that the problem is more widespread than scientists realised. Huge numbers of bugs have been lost in a pristine national forest in Puerto Rico, the study found, and the forest's insect-eating animals have gone missing, too.

In 2014, an international team of biologists estimated that, in the past 35 years, the abundance of invertebrates such as beetles and bees had decreased by 45 per cent. In places where long-term insect data is available, mainly in Europe, insect numbers are plummeting. A study last year showed a 76 per cent decrease in flying insects in the past few decades in German nature preserves.

The latest report, published on Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, shows that this startling loss of insect abundance extends to the Americas. The study's authors implicate climate change in the loss of tropical invertebrates.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/insect-population-decrease-
hyper-alarming-puerto-rico-rainforest-invertebrate-bugs-america-a8586126.html

This is alarming. If they go, we're next.

6IXSTRINGJACK

Sunday, October 21, 2018 2:53 PM

Who do we blame this on? The Russians?

Dammit Keeks and Siggs. Stop killin muh insects.

Do Right, Be Right. :)

JEWELSTAITEFAN

Sunday, October 21, 2018 6:09 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
Who do we blame this on? The Russians?

Dammit Keeks and Siggs. Stop killin muh insects.

Do Right, Be Right. :)

Did somebody hijack RF's login?

REAVERFAN

Sunday, October 21, 2018 11:54 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
Who do we blame this on? The Russians?

Dammit Keeks and Siggs. Stop killin muh insects.

Do Right, Be Right. :)

Typical. Ignorant, and proud of it.

REAVERFAN

Sunday, October 21, 2018 11:55 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by JEWELSTAITEFAN:
Quote:
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
Who do we blame this on? The Russians?

Dammit Keeks and Siggs. Stop killin muh insects.

Do Right, Be Right. :)
Did somebody hijack RF's login?

Typical. Russian troll pretends to be "civil," but is incapable of it.

Be glad you don't live in America. Your shit wouldn't fly here.

JEWELSTAITEFAN

Monday, October 22, 2018 5:23 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by reaverfan:
Quote:
Originally posted by JEWELSTAITEFAN:
Quote:
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
Who do we blame this on? The Russians?

Dammit Keeks and Siggs. Stop killin muh insects.

Do Right, Be Right. :)
Did somebody hijack RF's login?

Typical. Russian troll pretends to be "civil," but is incapable of it.

Be glad you don't live in America. Your shit wouldn't fly here.

Well, golly. Didn't take too long to revert to form.

1KIKI

Monday, October 22, 2018 11:46 AM

Too bad Obama wasn't doing anything about this while it was going on.

Quote:
Originally posted by reaverfan:
Insects around the world are in a crisis, according to a small but growing number of long-term studies showing dramatic declines in invertebrate populations. A new report suggests that the problem is more widespread than scientists realised. Huge numbers of bugs have been lost in a pristine national forest in Puerto Rico, the study found, and the forest's insect-eating animals have gone missing, too.

In 2014, an international team of biologists estimated that, in the past 35 years, the abundance of invertebrates such as beetles and bees had decreased by 45 per cent. In places where long-term insect data is available, mainly in Europe, insect numbers are plummeting. A study last year showed a 76 per cent decrease in flying insects in the past few decades in German nature preserves.

The latest report, published on Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, shows that this startling loss of insect abundance extends to the Americas. The study's authors implicate climate change in the loss of tropical invertebrates.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/insect-population-decrease-
hyper-alarming-puerto-rico-rainforest-invertebrate-bugs-america-a8586126.html

This is alarming. If they go, we're next.

tic tac