Biological Annihilation

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Insect numbers down 25% since 1990, global study finds
Scientists say insects are vital and the losses worrying, with accelerating declines in Europe called ‘shocking’

https://www.theguardian.com/environment ... tudy-finds

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Hasn't changed since Roger 'n Me.

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Over the past two decades, I have personally witnessed and addressed in my work four mass species die-offs in the United States—birds, piñon, polar bear and sea stars.

And speaking of extinctions, last year, the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), which operates under the aegis of the United Nations Environment Programme, issued what could be considered the grimmest warming of human history—that 1 million animal and plant species are facing extinction, many within decades—all due to human activities.

https://www.counterpunch.org/2020/04/29 ... ion/print/

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https://www.counterpunch.org/2020/05/01 ... ss-fiasco/

https://www.counterpunch.org/2020/05/01 ... l-science/

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https://www.wunderground.com/cat6/heat- ... ly-in-asia

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https://news.mongabay.com/2020/05/clima ... t-studies/

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https://www.counterpunch.org/2020/05/12 ... of-alaska/

.....the paramount risk is that extreme heat waves that previously happened once every 25 years will now become annual events with temperatures close to or above the wet-bulb threshold for several weeks each year, in turn leading to mass famine and mass migrations.

https://www.counterpunch.org/2020/05/12 ... too-early/