The Conversation - Fact-checking the insect apocalypse

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Insects play critical ecological roles around the world. That’s why studies in the past several years that found massive insect die-offs sparked ominous headlines warning that an “insect apocalypse” was underway.

Ecologist Matthew Moran and his colleagues wanted to see what was happening in North America, so they did a broad review of thousands of datasets. Their findings show how little we really know about the insect world, and why there’s room for optimism even in a world radically altered by humankind.

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