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Alarm over decline in flying insects-75% over 30 years
submitted 6 years ago by muad_dib from bbc.com
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[–]muad_dib[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun - 6 years ago (3 children)
This is especially troubling as winged insects often act as excellent bioindicators
[–]knowbodyelse 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun - 6 years ago (2 children)
yeah, that's right there at the broad base of the food chain (web). the number of species looks to be about to drop precipitously. we live in interesting times.
[–]heirofleelawrie 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun - 6 years ago (1 child)
Similar to the canary in the coal mine. This is really sad/disheartening. As well, there was a recent massive penguin starvation due to ice being present in the late season - http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-41608722
[–]knowbodyelse 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun - 6 years ago (0 children)
saw that. the times they are a-changin'
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