Bugs

[AtW]

Plummeting insect numbers 'threaten collapse of nature'

The world’s insects are hurtling down the path to extinction, threatening a “catastrophic collapse of nature’s ecosystems”, according to the first global scientific review.

More than 40% of insect species are declining and a third are endangered, the analysis found. The rate of extinction is eight times faster than that of mammals, birds and reptiles. The total mass of insects is falling by a precipitous 2.5% a year, according to the best data available, suggesting they could vanish within a century.

Plummeting insect numbers 'threaten collapse of nature' | Environment | The Guardian

[greenlake]

Plummeting insect numbers 'threaten collapse of nature'

The world’s insects are hurtling down the path to extinction, threatening a “catastrophic collapse of nature’s ecosystems”, according to the first global scientific review.

Well, Brexit sure ain't gonna help....

[Yorkie62]

Well, Brexit sure ain't gonna help....

That's why they are all leaving the planet.

[original PM]

It's ok - we have not discovered most of them yet.

Undiscovered Species - How Many Left to Find - Current Results

[Lance]

Plummeting insect numbers 'threaten collapse of nature'

The world’s insects are hurtling down the path to extinction, threatening a “catastrophic collapse of nature’s ecosystems”, according to the first global scientific review.

More than 40% of insect species are declining and a third are endangered, the analysis found. The rate of extinction is eight times faster than that of mammals, birds and reptiles. The total mass of insects is falling by a precipitous 2.5% a year, according to the best data available, suggesting they could vanish within a century.

Plummeting insect numbers 'threaten collapse of nature' | Environment | The Guardian

I heard this on the radio and immediately thought that this is classic journalistic interpretation of data.

No insects left in 100 years is just made up nonsense.
For a start.... evolution....... insects are more adaptable than humans, especially with the generations being so numerous.
I don't doubt that some highly specialised species will go extinct, but that's a ling way from ALL.

[meridian]

I heard this on the radio and immediately thought that this is classic journalistic interpretation of data.

No insects left in 100 years is just made up nonsense.
For a start.... evolution....... insects are more adaptable than humans, especially with the generations being so numerous.
I don't doubt that some highly specialised species will go extinct, but that's a ling way from ALL.

I've just finished reading a book about the end-Permian mass extinction, and feel strangely comforted by the ability of the Earth to regenerate.

We won't be here to see it (either individually or as a species), but life will evolve and adapt.

[original PM]

I've just finished reading a book about the end-Permian mass extinction, and feel strangely comforted by the ability of the Earth to regenerate.

We won't be here to see it (either individually or as a species), but life will evolve and adapt.

Indeed people often say the world will end when what the really mean is the human race may end - the 'world' is gonna be here for a long time more (another 4.5 billion years before the sun goes red giant and swallows us - obviously that assumes no other catastrophic event happens in the mean time)

[meridian]

Indeed people often say the world will end when what the really mean is the human race may end - the 'world' is gonna be here for a long time more (another 4.5 billion years before the sun goes red giant and swallows us - obviously that assumes no other catastrophic event happens in the mean time)

Well, we've finally found something to agree on

[GreenMirror]

Indeed people often say the world will end when what the really mean is the human race may end - the 'world' is gonna be here for a long time more (another 4.5 billion years before the sun goes red giant and swallows us - obviously that assumes no other catastrophic event happens in the mean time)

Humans will be replaced by robots.

[Yorkie62]

Humans will be Upgraded to Cybermen.

FTFY