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Why the Global “Insect Apocalypse” is Concerning & What You Can Do About It

November 4, 2022 By Paul Leave a Comment

When people think about all of the life forms that are populating the earth, most people think of animals like elephants and puppies, and other cute animals. They don’t focus on bugs. But insects are very important to the world. Insects are the base support for all of the ecosystems and the entire web of life on earth. Without them, it would all collapse. But the insect population is declining, which is alarming. It dropped by 75% between 1989 and 2017.

Key Takeaways:

  • When people think about the different forms of life on earth, they think more about animals like elephants, and not about bugs.
  • When looking at all of the species on Earth, over ninety percent of them are insects.
  • Insects are necessary in order to maintain all of the ecosystems that are present on Earth.

“In 1961, mathematician and meteorologist Edward Lorenz was simulating weather patterns in his lab at MIT when he discovered something strange. To save the time and trouble of rebooting his clunky LGP-30 computer, he had just rerun a portion of the model, using the exact same data as the original run. But this time the computer spit out a completely different set of results.”

Read more: https://foodrevolution.org/blog/insect-apocalypse/

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