Delano Posted November 30, 2018 Report Share Posted November 30, 2018 https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/27/magazine/insect-apocalypse.html?fbclid=IwAR0fraDVymir1RtVjVypjU_7VNntTw5NvEV1R86H0QGqDMYK_yErKASFCsI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Posted December 1, 2018 Report Share Posted December 1, 2018 What do you think @Delano? This quote was particularly telling: "The current worldwide loss of biodiversity is popularly known as the sixth extinction: the sixth time in world history that a large number of species have disappeared in unusually rapid succession, caused this time not by asteroids or ice ages but by humans." Someone pass me a beer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delano Posted December 1, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 1, 2018 Basically we are at the cross roads. We get it right or it's a wrap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Posted December 2, 2018 Report Share Posted December 2, 2018 We'll it was always, ultimately, going to be a wrap. I just expected it to be on the order of an eon not a few generations. I did notice my car does not catch nearly as many bugs as it once did, and I drive quite a lot. I also noticed that I never see caterpillars in NYC anymore. When I was a kid they were all over the place. I Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delano Posted December 2, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2018 And fire flies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Posted December 3, 2018 Report Share Posted December 3, 2018 I still see firefly occasionally in NYC but not nearly as much as I used to -- even in the south. Still plenty of roaches running around though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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