The Insect Crisis: The Fall of the Tiny Empires That Run the World - Oliver Milman
Language: EnglishKeywords:
Climate Change
Farming
Food Supply
Plant Life
Sociology
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Read by Liam Gerrard
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 64 Kbps
Unabridged
Publisher: HighBridge
Release date: March 1, 2022
Duration: 08:12:36
From ants scurrying under leaf litter to bees able to fly higher than Mount Kilimanjaro, insects are everywhere. Three out of every four of our planet’s known animal species are insects.
In The Insect Crisis, Oliver Milman dives into the torrent of recent evidence that suggests this kaleidoscopic group of creatures is suffering the greatest existential crisis in its remarkable 400-million-year history. What is causing the collapse of the insect world? And what can be done to stem the loss of the miniature empires that hold aloft life, as we know it? Milman explores this hidden emergency, arguing that its consequences could even rival climate change.
He joins the scientists tracking the decline of insect populations across the globe, including the mountains of Mexico that host an epic, yet dwindling, migration of monarch butterflies; the verdant countryside of England that has been emptied of insect life; the gargantuan fields of US agriculture that have proved a killing ground for bees; and an offbeat experiment in Denmark that shows there aren’t that many bugs splattering into your car windshield these days. These losses not only further tear at the tapestry of life on our degraded planet; they imperil everything we hold dear, from the food on our supermarket shelves to the medicines in our cabinets to the riot of nature that thrills and enlivens us.
VERDICT Liam Gerrard is a consummate non-fiction narrator. His British accent alone makes the listeners feel smarter and gives the narration the feel of a documentary. Uniquely British pronunciations for words are littered throughout the book, drawing the listener’s attention to key concepts. Gerrard’s air of authority adds to the text’s credibility and the urgency of the crisis; it also reassures the listener that it is not too late.
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This post has 7 comments with rating of 5/5
March 9th, 2024
Thanks for sharing jodindy
March 10th, 2024
VERDICT One of a number of existential predicaments, via unprecedented human Overshoot. When you add them all up it looks like the humans will not make it out of this century. Don’t let that stop you from living, but I would suggest holding off on the offspring.
Thank you jodindy.
March 10th, 2024
Apnea is right, overpopulation is the ONLY reason for this massive pollution and destruction of the world. It will never change no matter what we try to do as long as there are so many billions of people. The more people, the more pollution, thats all their is to it. Recycling will not work in a society that uses money.
March 11th, 2024
So many species have a built in culling. I suspect ours will come soon if we don’t already have an antidote.
March 16th, 2024
This is an extremely important topic I have not only been following for the past 20 years, but have been witness to the massive decline locally.
There was a time when you couldn’t drive down a country road in my locale during a spring or summer evening without having to wipe the unfortunate dead insects from your vehicle’s windshield. Now, that’s an almost unheard of event traveling the very same roads.
I’m in a spot of the US where there isn’t any use of the latest generation insecticides deployed at any scale(mostly forested, no agriculture) yet the problem is right outside my door.
I grow lots of native plants to help the insect beings in my neighborhood, but I’m the only one in a mi² that does so.
I just hope that when our species is gone that there are enough insect genera left to branch out again and fill all the ecological niches they do today.
July 1st, 2024
Thank you.
March 28th, 2026
Please seed
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