Fantastic article. Well worth the read.
The world has lost 5% to 10% of all insect species in the last 150 years — or between 250,000 and 500,000 species, according to a February 2020 study in the journal Biological Conservation. Those losses are continuing...
I knew we are losing insects, but I was wrong. We are shedding them! ☹️
As to the reasons, unsurprisingly:
...from habitat loss and industrial farming to climate change. Nitrogen overloading from sewage and fertilizers has turned wetlands into dead zones; artificial light is flooding out nighttime skies; and the growth of urban areas has led to concrete sprawl... the introduction of non-native plants...
It is us. Humans. All the way.
This will bite us badly at one point.