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===== ‘Half the tree of life’: ecologists’ horror as nature reserves are emptied of insects ===== | |||
[https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jun/03/climate-species-collapse-ecology-insects-nature-reserves-aoe by Tess McClure 3/6/25 The Guardian] | |||
Daniel Janzen only began watching the insects – truly watching them – when his ribcage was shattered. Nearly half a century ago, the young ecologist had been out documenting fruit crops in a dense stretch of Costa Rican forest when he fell in a ravine, landing on his back. The long lens of his camera punched up through three ribs, snapping the bones into his thorax. | |||
===== A new pandemic is killing hundreds of millions of birds, and some species may be completely lost ===== | ===== A new pandemic is killing hundreds of millions of birds, and some species may be completely lost ===== | ||
