Warming climate and agriculture halve insect populations in some areas

Climate change and intensive agricultural land use have already been responsible for a 49% reduction in the number of insects in the most impacted parts of the world, finds a new study by Dr Charlie Outhwaite and Dr Tim Newbold (UCL Biosciences).

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