Flying insect abundance has fallen 75% in the last 27 years. The data was collected in traps set in nature reserves across Germany and is believed to have application to insect populations in many more locations. Insects make up about two-thirds of all life on Earth and have an important role in maintaining the stability of practically all terrestrial ecosystems. Landscape changes, pesticides and climate change have all contributed to the decline.
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–Access to the full scientific study is available at http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0185809
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Another new study has made extensive observations of how completely different kinds of species in a community interact with and become dependent upon the other kinds as they coevolve. Their research observations show that rapid environmental change is not a good thing for any of them. The conclusion: “Rapid climate change caused by humankind holds the risk that many species in large networks will become extinct”.
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Climate change is setting much of the world on fire—is this the new normal? Not all of the fires have been publicized like the ones close to home. This post has a map showing their global distribution and relative intensity in 2017 (even Greenland made the cut), plus comments on attribution from Kevin Trenberth.
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A new super-typhoon has taken shape in the western Pacific. Located above very warm water east of the Philippines, conditions favor intensification to a Category 4 or 5 by the end of this week.
–For a bird’s-eye view of its size go to http://cci-reanalyzer.org/wx/DailySummary/#WS1 and click twice on the round globe. While you are at the site take a look at various views of Temperature Anomaly, now unusually far out of balance on the warm side. The Antarctic continent has kind of gone crazy, even worse than the Arctic for the time being, which is quite unusual.
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Soil and forest restoration—somebody has been listening. Here is some very good news, backed by $1 billion in funding. There is no reason why the same sort of actions can’t move to a higher level.
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The president of China is beginning to talk more and more like pope Francis. “No country alone can address the many challenges facing mankind. No country can afford to retreat into self-isolation,” Xi said. “Only by observing the laws of nature can mankind avoid costly blunders in its exploitation. Any harm we inflict on nature will eventually return to haunt us. This is a reality we have to face.”