https://www.theguardian.com/environ...ng-insect-numbers-threaten-collapse-of-nature
It's a shame I won't be alive to witness a bug free world.
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Insects going extinct within a century
- Thread starter Keikaku
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Let's be honest here; Mosquitoes and Roaches are going to be the ones to survive.
It's gonna be weird to explain my children what bees and ants are. But it seems like that's the future we're heading towards.
When do you plan on having kids?!
Honestly, I am glad I don't have kids.
Can't imagine forcing humans to live through that shit.
It will probably trigger another mass extinction event to be sure but another era of life will spring up after us. Our era wouldn't even register as a blip in Earth's timeline honestly.
When you destroy the foundation, everything else collapses. People think global warming is just about humans and how it'll affect us, completely oblivious to the damage we're doing to the life we share this planet with.
My only hope is that in a few hundred years when humanity is gone, the planet is able to recover and life will continue. The rest of the species on the planet shouldn't suffer because of our stupidity.
Anectdotal i know but here in Germany i have seen a rapid decrease in insects of all kinds for years now. If they really go extinct or at the very least their numbers are reduced substantially this will have huge consequences on the eco system. It wasn't clear until now if this was a local phenomenon or not, so it's great we now know, even though it's scary.
I hate bugs, like... really hate bugs. They are like little aliens to me, BUT, this is bad, really bad.
Read it this morning. Evidence of our impending doom just keeps piling up. Honestly, I'm sad that we didn't try harder as a species.
We need to change everything, yet we still have people in power that don't give a damn.
We're screwed.
We need to change everything, yet we still have people in power that don't give a damn.
We're screwed.
Life will find a way by then I guess.
The rich will have colonised the moon and probably Mars so they can fuck those places up by then whilst the poor die off on Earth.
The rich will have colonised the moon and probably Mars so they can fuck those places up by then whilst the poor die off on Earth.
this collapse won't happen in our lifetime, probably in the next several generations
Wouldn't that be kinda devastating?
Haha. Fucking mosquitos. I don't mind that they suck my blood. The noise drives me crazy. Like: insane.
Haha. Fucking mosquitos. I don't mind that they suck my blood. The noise drives me crazy. Like: insane.
Driving across the country you used to have hundreds of dead insects on your windshield and grill. Now you might end up with a dozen or so.
I've definitely noticed a decline in the amount of insects around. It's both sad and scary how many people don't care that we're killing our planet, our home, or they think a sky god will save us.
I've definitely noticed a decline in the amount of insects around. It's both sad and scary how many people don't care that we're killing our planet, our home, or they think a sky god will save us.
You might want to research what this would mean for the world your kids will live in haha.
I think you'll have more pressing matters to attend to...
The article below assuaged some of my fears.
While scientists have observed the decline of some insects, the populations of other insects have increased. However, the insects that have grown in population may be detrimental to us for the time being.
Also, the optimistic suggestion I have is that insects breed rapidly (usually), so once we figure out what the issues are that are causing the decline and how to fix them, we can expect a rapid bounce-back in the population. But that's just my guess.
If you own a back yard, there are things you can do to help. You can grow plants that certain species of insects like, and if you eliminate your use of any weed killers and pesticides, you may be able to create an environment that is habitable for insects.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/...line-scientists-are-trying-to-understand-why/
While scientists have observed the decline of some insects, the populations of other insects have increased. However, the insects that have grown in population may be detrimental to us for the time being.
Also, the optimistic suggestion I have is that insects breed rapidly (usually), so once we figure out what the issues are that are causing the decline and how to fix them, we can expect a rapid bounce-back in the population. But that's just my guess.
If you own a back yard, there are things you can do to help. You can grow plants that certain species of insects like, and if you eliminate your use of any weed killers and pesticides, you may be able to create an environment that is habitable for insects.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/...line-scientists-are-trying-to-understand-why/
I think for the most part it doesn't really matter which insects are around for food as long as some are. Like if mosquitos disappeared from the earth there wouldn't be any starving frogs, they'd just eat something else.
You say that as if you think nothing will change until the very last insect dies
Better start believin' in mass extinction events, laddie: you're in one.
This is horrific beyond words, because it will be the literal end of the world. Earth's ecology doesn't bounce back from a total insect extinction. The only time it ever happened was during the Permian extinction, which took something like 97% of all complex life to the grave.
The silver lining here is that the review seems to suggest that neonics are the principal culprit, and they can be banned with popular support. Insects are fecund enough that a move away from neurotoxin pesticides and a transition to indoor/sustainable agricultural production could do a lot to reverse this trend, although we still have to contend climate and other polluting/urbanization factors.
The silver lining here is that the review seems to suggest that neonics are the principal culprit, and they can be banned with popular support. Insects are fecund enough that a move away from neurotoxin pesticides and a transition to indoor/sustainable agricultural production could do a lot to reverse this trend, although we still have to contend climate and other polluting/urbanization factors.
Some people think, or seem to think, that something like this wont have an impact in their daily life. I guess thats what a lack of knowledge about nature and the way ecosystems work does. The cascade effect will be seriously fucked up.