Are we facing an insect apocalypse
Insect population collapse: Overuse of land, resources, and global warming are pushing insect ecosystems towards collapse.
An alarming link: The study, compiled by a team of top scientists, identifies for the first time a clear.
Worrying decline: In places where those impacts are especially high, insect abundance has already dropped by a worryingly.
A vital role: Insects play a vital role in ecosystems, and the climate crisis is exponentially pushing important ecosystems.
Pollinators: Insects in all their buzzing, crawling, and hovering glory pollinate and help food production.
Essential to the ecosystem: Although they appear small and insignificant, insects are an essential cog in the ecosystem machine.
An impending crisis: In a 2019 interview with CNN, David Goulson, a professor of biology at the University of Sussex.
No insects, no food: Overall, notes National Geographic, one out of every three bites of food humans eat relies.
Concerns: Charlotte Outhwaite, the lead author of the study and researcher at the University College London.