Ecological Armageddon! Insects Vanish All over the World

‘Hyperalarming’ study shows massive insect loss https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2018/10/15/hyperalarming-study-shows-massive-insect-loss

Climate-driven declines in arthropod abundance restructure a rainforest food web http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2018/10/09/1722477115

Musc and Sound effects by Epic Stock Media http://epicstockmedia.com

Teaser image https://pixabay.com/en/hummel-bombus-eye-insect-bee-1353423

Narrator Cormac Bren https://www.fiverr.com/cormacbren

Further reading

Professor Timothy Schowalter – Bugs are Friends: Taking an Ecosystem View on Forest Health https://www.scientia.global/professor-timothy-schowalter-bugs-friends-taking-ecosystem-view-forest-health

Pollinator decline https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pollinator_decline

‘A different dimension of loss’: inside the great insect die-off https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/dec/14/a-different-dimension-of-loss-great-insect-die-off-sixth-extinction

The disappearance of common species https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/02/180201085800.htm

Where have all the insects gone? http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/05/where-have-all-insects-gone

Researchers Warn Massive Insect Die-off Is Harbinger Of “Ecological Armageddon” https://www.mintpressnews.com/researchers-warn-massive-insect-die-off-is-harbinger-of-ecological-armageddon/233571

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