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. The Insect Crisis: The Fall of the Tiny Empires That Run the World Audible Audiobook Unabridged Oliver Milman (Author), Liam Gerrard (Narrator), & 1 more 160 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle 9. 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. Milman explores this hidden emergency, arguing that its consequences could even rival climate change.

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? 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. Three out of every four of our planet's known animal species are insects. From ants scurrying under leaf litter to bees able to fly higher than Mount Kilimanjaro, insects are everywhere.

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