The Menacing Insect Omen

The Menacing Insect Omen

by Robert Hunziker
Downloaded December 26, 2017 from https://www.counterpunch.org/2017/12...g-insect-omen/

The world is experiencing a massive loss of insects. In turn, this threatens ecosystems with utter total collapse, and, by way of direct association, loss of human civilization. Zap, it’s over! Insectageddon!

Insect populations around the world are under massive attack and dropping like… well… like flies. The negative implications run very deep, indeed, especially for the foundation of ecosystems, and thus for the survival of all life. Ironically, insect death equivalence becomes human extermination as ecosystems crumble. It’s already happening, and the evidence is compelling, in fact, overwhelming. What can be done has no ready answers, although begrudged solutions are out there, like stop pesticides and industrial-scale monoculture crop practices.

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One of the messages of this crucial article is that the loss of 45% of most insect populations is not being reported and that citizens are unaware of the loss and of the effect it will have on their lives and the lives of their grandchildren. By posting this, I am hoping to begin to reverse the situation. Star Man