Environment-Biodiversity
From WikiDemocracy
The Bugs We Can’t Live Without
Insect populations are in dramatic decline, and the consequences could be serious for everything from waste management to agriculture
"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. The recent decline in bugs that fly, crawl, burrow and skitter across still water is part of a gathering "mass extinction," only the sixth in the last half-billion years. "We are witnessing the largest extinction event on Earth since the late Permian and Cretaceous periods," the authors noted.
