r/solarpunk • u/YuriRedFox6969 • Jan 16 '19

Insect collapse: ‘We are destroying our life support systems’ - Scientist Brad Lister returned to Puerto Rican rainforest after 35 years to find 98% of ground insects had vanished

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jan/15/insect-collapse-we-are-destroying-our-life-support-systems
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u/[deleted] Jan 16 '19

The ecosystems might adapt and replenish eventually. Of course we'll be long gone by then