Comment on Humanity making progress like it always does
Rubisco@slrpnk.net 4 weeks agoDo you convert dead organic matter into fertile soil or pollinate flowers? They do. If insect populations were to vanish, so would humans. They perform too many vital functions that humans cannot.
ReallyActuallyFrankenstein@lemmynsfw.com 4 weeks ago
Yes… Sorry, I didn’t mean I didn’t understand what bugs do. I just was trying to understand the meme. I was not aware that there’s universally less bugs. I haven’t seen this covered in news.
Rubisco@slrpnk.net 4 weeks ago
en.wikipedia.org/…/Decline_in_insect_populations
ReallyActuallyFrankenstein@lemmynsfw.com 4 weeks ago
Thank you.
flora_explora@beehaw.org 4 weeks ago
I don’t have a good source and I think it may be a more complex, but at least in Germany various media have frequently cited a number of 70% insect biomass decrease over the last 50 years or so. As a biologist, I wouldn’t be surprised if isn’t even more if you compare it to preindustrial times and the decrease in biodiversity is probably much higher as well.