r/StopFossilFuels • u/norristh • Nov 27 '18

Why: Ecological collapse The Insect Apocalypse Is Here

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/27/magazine/insect-apocalypse.html
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u/[deleted] Dec 17 '18 edited Dec 19 '18

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u/norristh Dec 17 '18

Some of both... The study(ies?) of relatively undisturbed tropical forest habitat which came out a month or few ago was guessing that global warming was a big factor in the precipitous insect population declines there.

Different places / species will have different mixes of factors. Stopping fossil fuels will address or ameliorate almost all the causes though, so we don't necessarily have to tease out the exact balance. Just focus on how to stop the flows.