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Earth’s Insect Populations Are Falling 1-2% a Year – The Wire Science
Precipitous insect declines are being escalated by humanity as soaring population and advanced technology push us closer to overshooting several critical planetary…
Dung beetles. Photo: Krzysztof Niewolny/Unsplash, (CC BY-SA)
Chances are, the works of the worlds insects touch your lips every day. The coffee or tea you savor, both are pollinated by insects. Apples, oranges, cabbages, cashews, cherries, carrots, broccoli, watermelon, garlic, cinnamon, basil, sunflower seeds, almonds, canola oil all are insect-pollinated. Honey, dyes, even some vaccines require insects to come to fruition.
Vital to the worlds food web, nested in nutrient cycling, and embedded…
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