I have been where I am in Florida for 41 years now, I can testify to the alarming lack of insects (and I live in and around forest and wildlife preserves) - 40 years ago, if you hung a light bulb from a string (or a bug zapper) in my back yard for several hours after dark, there would be thousands of bugs of all sorts in a 20-30 foot circle around it, and several inches deep in the ten foot circle. Put a light out there now, past my yard boundery and into the woods/forest, virtually nothing, a mere handful....yes, things have changed.
We have multiple feeding stations around our home, and water full time, yes there are fewer birds every year. In fact, global counts show the bird populations dropping by close to 1.5 billion each year, and accelerating (and pollinators as well). They rarely spray for mosquitos anymore in my area, the last warm evening I was sitting out, I had one mosquito land on me - in Florida, in the woods, near swamp, with a light on - nothing - that just isn't right!
As the earth/atmosphere continues to heat up, the sub-tropical and temperate zones are slowly moving north, weather and weather systems are changing. Poisons have been and still are taking a tremendous toll on all critters, they are fully in our food chain now. Clean Water needs, and on the flip side sea level rise will impact upwards of 150 million just in the US, clean water will be even more scarce than it is now. My inland (St. Johns river basin) home may well be beachfront, or in water full time.
The critters and humans are in for some shocking changes, insects, birds, other animals, agriculture, and water are all going to be a big problem. There will be wars brought on by lack of water, food, and a safe place to live, much greater than now. The US Military Services (combined & NASA) recently reported to the President and our Government on the threat through 2050 and beyond, with dire concern about the US military capacity to mitigate and even respond to US, regional, global famine, flood, severe weather events, FIRES, other natural disasters, with potential for severe if not life ending impact for hundreds of millions/Billions of Humans, and any other creatures. If you want to investigate this on your own, start looking up and reading, the information is out there, and it doesn't come from crackpots and doomsdayers.
Many of us will be dead or past caring (some already are!), but our progeny will suffer greatly. They will be the instrument of change, if they want anything near the lifestyle we currently enjoy. For those who feel it is a joke, you are part of the problem. The "END" isn't near, but it is going to be a long slow miserable ride to it, it is time for real change, change for the good.
I have been where I am in Florida for 41 years now... (
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