Plummeting Insect Numbers 'Threaten Collapse of Nature'

The rate of insect extinction is eight times faster than that of mammals, birds and reptiles. Photograph: Verein Krefeld

Insects could vanish within a century at current rate of decline, says global review

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theguardian.com - by Damian Carrington - February 10, 2019

The world’s insects are hurtling down the path to extinction, threatening a “catastrophic collapse of nature’s ecosystems”, according to the first global scientific review.

More than 40% of insect species are declining and a third are endangered, the analysis found. The rate of extinction is eight times faster than that of mammals, birds and reptiles. The total mass of insects is falling by a precipitous 2.5% a year, according to the best data available, suggesting they could vanish within a century.

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