• Kbin_space_program@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    Not just the bees, all bugs in North America have seen a 75% die off in the last 20 years.

    Big shocker that songbirds, which eat those bugs, have also seen a massive die off.

    Despite those deniers that still blame housecats, the true culprit is almost certainly pollution and pesticides.

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      1 year ago

      Despite those deniers that still blame housecats

      Both things can be true. They aren’t mutually exclusive.

      Also we have less pollution and pesticide use than we did in the 60s and 70s. Why is it just becoming a problem now?

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        less pollution? that cannot possibly be true. according to dr google 1970s world population was 3.7b, now we’re more than double that

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          I’m the US, the EPA was created in the 1970’s. We definitely have less pollution (of certain types) today than we did in the past. Some notable examples of how disgustingly polluted American skies and waterways were in the past:

          The skies of Pittsburgh, PA

          the Cuyahoga River fire

          Coal Production has also been declining

          And then of course less visible examples like the Montreal Protocol stopping corporations from depleting the ozone layer.

          My point is in terms of greenhouse gas production we are much higher than in the 60’s and 70’s, but we have massively improved in a lot of areas. Of course there is still room to improve.