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A comment on 75% decline over 27 years in total flying insect biomass in protected areas. Parent comment

Re:75% decline over 27 years in total flying insect biomass ... by refurb on Wednesday October 18, 2017 @08:14PM (#15504433)
Don't different species normally wax and wane in prevalence? And enter/leave areas? A particularly cold winter can kill off a certain type of insect and the loss lasts for year.

How can we determine how much of the change we even have control over?

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Re:75% decline over 27 years in total flying insect biomass ... by codefined on Wednesday October 18, 2017 @08:18PM (#15504453)
When 75% of _all_ flying insect biomass is lost, that's not just wax / wane. Considering the only difference in the past 2 years vs. the other thousands of years that insects have survived is human intereference, doesn't this suggest that we have complete control over this change?
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