Science : Insects are disappearing

Insects are disappearing

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/27/magazine/insect-apocalypse.html

There is a lot of filler in the article. The main points are that people started noticing that they weren't smashing as many bugs on their windshields as they used to in decades past and that the mass of insects has decreased by as much as 80 or 90% since then and most of us are going to die. Possible causes are climate change or loss of habitat or pesticides or whatever. My guess is most of the insects were killed on windshields. Some people think we should eat insects to protect the environment. They are now officially off the menu.

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Good!

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I don't believe that. The insects will still be here after we're gone.



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Don't believe what? Insects don't have to become extinct for there to be devastating effects on the ecosystem.

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I don't believe they're disappearing. As I said, they will be here after we're gone.




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Actally good news……I've seen way more bees this past summer,then over the last 5 years or so.

Melting down over top boy

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Me too. I love bees.

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We need them

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Insects reproduce at an alarming rate. Seems like fake news to me.

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Good that idiot golfrumors will disappear also!

You can't top the Pop

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No, it's that people drive slower now because of unhelpful carbon taxes. the insects can dance out of the way.

it's science.

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Dancing insects you say? That is a load off my mind. Plus I read that an invasive disease-carrying Asian Tick is spreading in the United States so even if the insect decline is accurate some species are still thriving.

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perhaps this Asian Tick will toughen up our Millenials. I started with nothing in this life, and look at me now.

if not, we can put tariffs on 'Gyna' until the Chinese take back their tick and start buying our high-price steel again.

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WB Jared.

Melting down over top boy

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Thank you, 'mechanic'.

I want now to thank you and your country formally for caving to our bullying demands to sign the new NAFTA agreement, from now on to be called 'The Jared'.

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Too bad GM is butt fucking both Canada and the US out of thousands of jobs.

Melting down over top boy

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it was a very wise decision to bail them out sometime ago, so that they could better screw us, now.

I am planning to find a way to do the same with the US government, before I leave.

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Some people think we should eat insects … They are now officially off the menu.
I haven't seen a cockroach for at least a week. Don't know how much longer I'll last. It's pretty cold here. Do you think they go south for the winter?

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Perhaps the bugs have evolved enough to know that windscreens should be avoided?

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Possibly. They seem to be more aware than we give them credit for.

https://aeon.co/essays/inside-the-mind-of-a-bee-is-a-hive-of-sensory-activity

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Great article. I wouldn't mind fewer cockroaches and houseflies on earth. But it makes you realize how important every creature is to the ecosystem.

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