![]() ![]() ![]() Researchers have been observing declining insect populations for decades. And yet, the threat of an impending “insect apocalypse” doesn’t get nearly the same level of attention as climate change. “The loss of insects would be an agonizing ordeal eclipsing any war and even rivaling the looming ravages of climate breakdown,” he writes. That’s just a snippet of the horrifying picture of an insect-free future that journalist Oliver Milman paints in the beginning of The Insect Crisis. ![]() What you probably won’t picture is trudging through a landscape littered with feces and rotting corpses - what a world devoid of maggots and dung beetles would look like. You might breathe a sigh of relief at the thought of mosquito-free summers, or you might worry about how agriculture will function without pollinators. ![]()
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