a lot of people dont care about insect biomass collapse bc when they hear we are losing 2.5% of the insect biomass per year they just imagine the cockroach and housefly population decreasing by that much. they dont realize those are among the only ones that will remain unbothered
#my country lost more than three quarters of its insect biomass within my lifetime#and it's mostly driven by the extinction of entire species rather than a consistent decline across all species#it's an irreparable loss of biodiversity which fucks up entire ecosystems#for reference the end-Permian extinction happened across at least SIXTY-THOUSAND YEARS#and humanity is on track to achieve the same effect on insect populations within just a few decades#yet we still refuse to ban glyphosate even tho it's confirmed that it kills insects not only through loss of food sources but also directly#and proper insecticides are still being used excessively in agriculture#and we're still mowing down all tall grasses and wildflowers to make room for our sterile green lawns#Germans are incapable of seeing a dandelion without going “DAS IST UNKRAUT ICH PACK MEINEN RASENMÄHER AUS”
