“Ecological Armageddon:
Plummeting Insect Populations Could Ravage Life on Earth”
by RT, Oct 19, 2017
“The stark decline in insect populations has placed the world on a path to “ecological Armageddon,” according to a study. Researchers from Raboud University in the Netherlands made the discovery following a decades-long study of nature reserves across Germany. Since 1989, the team has been collecting insect samples across 63 sites using mesh tents known as malaise traps. After measuring each year’s samples by weight, scientists found that the average fell by more than 75 percent over the 27-year period. During the summer months, the fall was measured at around 82 percent.
Insects are essential for life on Earth as they act as pollinators and prey for other species. Increased urbanization, habitat loss and pesticide use are being blamed for the declining population. Caspar Hallmann, a member of the research team at Radboud, described the figures as “very alarming.” “All these areas are protected and most of them are managed nature reserves. Yet, this dramatic decline has occurred,” Hallmann said in a statement.
In recent years, biologists have begun to cite the ‘windshield phenomenon’ as a measure of the decline, noting that they are no longer scraping splattered insects from their car windshields after lengthy drives.
Another member of the Raboud team, Professor David Goulson of Sussex University in the UK, told the Guardian that he believes the phenomenon is a symptom of the vanishing population. “I think that is real,” said Goulson. “I drove right across France and back this summer – just when you’d expect your windscreen to be splattered all over – and I literally never had to stop to clean the windscreen.”
Plummeting insect numbers have been highlighted at various times throughout the last decade. Numbers of grassland butterflies have plummeted across Europe over the last two decades, according to research published by the European Environment Agency in 2013. According to a Center for Biological Diversity report published in March this year, more than 700 North American bee species are declining due to habitat loss and pesticide use. A 2015 report from a United Nations group found that populations are declining for more than 35 percent of bee species, while 9 percent of butterfly and bee populations face extinction.”
“Massive Die-offs Around the World: 103 Whales in Brazil,
86% Insects Disappear in Nature Parks in Germany,
Multiple Thousands of Fish in Uruguay, Paraguay, India and Thailand”
By Strange Sounds, Oct 19, 2017
“Meanwhile, massive die-offs are happening around the world baffling residents and officials. 103 whales have already washed up dead this year in Brazil, thousands of fish found dead in dam reservoir in Uruguay, in lakes in India and in rivers in Paraguay and Portugal, and tons of fish along a beach in Thailand. The whale season on the Brazilian coast – between July and October – is coming to an end with a sad record this year: 103 strandings across the country. This is the all-time record. And officials do not know why. And a disturbing question remains: what is behind this number?
Thousands of fish found dead in dam reservoir in Palmar, Uruguay
Residents living around the Palmar Dam are reporting the presence of thousands of dead fish along the Rio Negro. Locals say it had already happened 2 years ago. It may be due to water scarcity in the bed of the river.
Thousands of fish mysteriously die in lakes in Mahbubnagar, India
About 5000 fish, normally living in deeper parts of the fresh water bodies, were found dead in the Mahbubsagar lake. The massive fish kill raises concerns about toxic pollution.
Thousands of fish found dead in river near Asuncion, Paraguay: Between 5,000 and 10,000 small and medium-sized fish have been found dead in the Confuso River of Paraguay, located about 50 kilometers northwest of Asuncion. Officials believe it is due to illegal dump of waste waters. Scientists have taken water samples to determine the exact cause of the die-off.
Thousands of fish found dead in the River Tagus, Portugal: The fish die off is most probably linked to pollution, but everything is more than unclear.
Tons of fish along a beach in Hua Hin, Thailand
Many tons of small fish were washed up dead along about 10 kilometres of the Hua Hin beach after heavy rains. According to officials, the freshwater drained off into the sea diminishing the quantity of dissolved oxygen.
Approximately all insects disappeared mysteriously in national parks across Germany: Meanwhile in Germany, the number of virtually all insects has decrease by 75-82% in all the reserves and national parks in Germany. The reason behind this astronomic number of deaths in unclear. But it is extremely serious and of great concern.”
- http://strangesounds.org/○
Let’s see… “water scarcity”; “toxic pollution”; “waste waters”; low “dissolved oxygen”; all around the world now, these reports, when allowed. YouTube’s got many, many die-off videos from everywhere. So it’s not a localized phenomenon, it’s global. Now what could possibly account for that I wonder? Well, no, I don’t wonder, I know, and so should you…
Believe what you will, or must, it won’t change anything at all…
Source:
http://coyoteprime-runningcauseicantfly.blogspot.com/2017/11/ecological-armageddon-massive-die-offs.html
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