INSECT COLLAPSE IN PUERTO RICO
“We knew that something was amiss in the first couple days,” said Brad Lister, researcher and lecturer at Rensselaer Polytechnic University. “We were driving into the forest and at the same time both Andres and I said ‘Where are all the birds?’ There was nothing.”
His return to the Luquillo rainforest in Puerto Rico after 35 years was to reveal an appalling discovery. The insect population that once provided plentiful food for birds throughout the mountainous national park had collapsed. On the ground, 98% had gone. Up in the leafy canopy, 80% had vanished. The most likely culprit by far is global warming.
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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jan/15/insect-collapse-we-are-destroying-our-life-support-systems
