Saturday, 23 November 2019

Lights Out!

It has been reported that light pollution is a major cause of losses in flying insects, especially crashing the numbers of moths and flies (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/nov/22/light-pollution-insect-apocalypse). One must still remember, however, that the over-use of insecticides and habitat loss also play crucial roles in the 'apocalypse now'.
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