[HN Gopher] The insect apocalypse: 'Our world will grind to a ha...
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       The insect apocalypse: 'Our world will grind to a halt without
       them'
        
       Author : tartoran
       Score  : 27 points
       Date   : 2021-07-25 18:50 UTC (4 hours ago)
        
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 (TXT) w3m dump (www.theguardian.com)
        
       | georgecmu wrote:
       | Appropriately, the article is illustrated with an image of a
       | dead, rather than live, butterfly. [0]
       | 
       | [0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27948008
        
         | setr wrote:
         | I'm assuming your link was meant to be
         | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27948008
        
       | enlyth wrote:
       | Forgive my ignorance but when they say 75% of insects have
       | disappeared over the last 50 years, do they mean species variance
       | or biomass?
        
         | 11235813213455 wrote:
         | biomass (study in Germany, over 27 years)
         | 
         | > "When the total weight of the insects in each sample was
         | measured a startling decline was revealed. The annual average
         | fell by 76% over the 27 year period, but the fall was even
         | higher - 82% - in summer, when insect numbers reach their
         | peak."
         | 
         | https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/oct/18/warning-...
        
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