by faster | Jul 25, 2021 | Blog
SOURCE: The Guardian DATE: July 25, 2021 SNIP: In 1963, two years before I was born, Rachel Carson warned us in her book Silent Spring that we were doing terrible damage to our planet. She would weep to see how much worse it has become. Insect-rich wildlife habitats,...
by faster | Jan 11, 2021 | Blog
SOURCE: The Guardian DATE: January 11, 2021 SNIP: Insect populations are suffering “death by a thousand cuts”, with many falling at “frightening” rates that are “tearing apart the tapestry of life”, according to scientists behind a new volume of studies. The insects...
by faster | Oct 30, 2019 | Blog
SOURCE: BBC DATE: October 30, 2019 SNIP: Insects and spiders are declining in forests and grasslands across Germany, according to new research. Scientists have described the findings as “alarming”, saying the losses are driven by intensive agriculture....
by faster | Aug 6, 2019 | Blog
SOURCE: National Geographic and PLOS One DATE: August 6, 2019 SNIP: America’s agricultural landscape is now 48 times more toxic to honeybees, and likely other insects, than it was 25 years ago, almost entirely due to widespread use of so-called neonicotinoid...
by faster | Feb 11, 2019 | Blog
SOURCE: SBS News DATE: February 11, 2019 SNIP: Nearly half of all insect species worldwide are in rapid decline and a third could disappear altogether, according to a study warning of dire consequences for crop pollination and natural food chains. “Unless we...
