Scientists' warning on climate change and insects

JA Harvey, K Tougeron, R Gols, R Heinen… - Ecological …, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
Climate warming is considered to be among the most serious of anthropogenic stresses to
the environment, because it not only has direct effects on biodiversity, but it also exacerbates …

Overview of bee pollination and its economic value for crop production

SAM Khalifa, EH Elshafiey, AA Shetaia, AAA El-Wahed… - Insects, 2021‏ - mdpi.com
Simple Summary There is a rising demand for food security in the face of threats posed by a
growing human population. Bees as an insect play a crucial role in crop pollination …

Agricultural intensification and climate change are rapidly decreasing insect biodiversity

PH Raven, DL Wagner - Proceedings of the National Academy of …, 2021‏ - pnas.org
Major declines in insect biomass and diversity, reviewed here, have become obvious and
well documented since the end of World War II. Here, we conclude that the spread and …

[كتاب][B] The economics of biodiversity

P Dasgupta - 2024‏ - books.google.com
We are part of Nature, not separate from it. We rely on Nature to provide us with food, water
and shelter; regulate our climate and disease; maintain nutrient cycles and oxygen …

Scientists' warning to humanity on insect extinctions

P Cardoso, PS Barton, K Birkhofer, F Chichorro… - Biological …, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Here we build on the manifesto 'World Scientists' Warning to Humanity, issued by the
Alliance of World Scientists. As a group of conservation biologists deeply concerned about …

Applied pesticide toxicity shifts toward plants and invertebrates, even in GM crops

R Schulz, S Bub, LL Petschick, S Stehle, J Wolfram - Science, 2021‏ - science.org
Pesticide impacts are usually discussed in the context of applied amounts while
disregarding the large but environmentally relevant variations in substance-specific toxicity …

Insect declines in the Anthropocene

DL Wagner - Annual review of entomology, 2020‏ - annualreviews.org
Insect declines are being reported worldwide for flying, ground, and aquatic lineages. Most
reports come from western and northern Europe, where the insect fauna is well-studied and …

Pervasive human-driven decline of life on Earth points to the need for transformative change

S Díaz, J Settele, ES Brondízio, HT Ngo, J Agard… - Science, 2019‏ - science.org
BACKGROUND Human actions have long been known to drive declines in nature, and there
is growing awareness of how globalization means that these drivers increasingly act at a …

Arthropod decline in grasslands and forests is associated with landscape-level drivers

S Seibold, MM Gossner, NK Simons, N Blüthgen… - Nature, 2019‏ - nature.com
Recent reports of local extinctions of arthropod species, and of massive declines in
arthropod biomass, point to land-use intensification as a major driver of decreasing …

Worldwide pesticide usage and its impacts on ecosystem

A Sharma, V Kumar, B Shahzad, M Tanveer… - SN Applied …, 2019‏ - Springer
Pesticides are extensively used in modern agriculture and are an effective and economical
way to enhance the yield quality and quantity, thus ensuring food security for the ever …