04-02-2020The May 2019 newsletter of the Saitama Ecosystem Conservation Society describes how, before the introduction of neonicotinoids in the 1990s,…
03-02-2020Two papers about the future of the planet appeared within a month of each other (June/July 2015): "Accelerated modern human-induced…
03-02-2020Recent studies have shown that arthropods—insects, arachnids and other small, hard-bodied animals—are in trouble, from massive declines in the biomass…
28-01-2020In the summer of 2010, Henk Tennekes from Experimental Toxicology Services Nederland at Zutphen warned that the accumulation of neonicotinoids…
28-01-2020Steve Gillam, Starved Rock volunteer Tom Williams and Starved Rock State Park natural resource coordinator Lisa Sons exchanged jokes and…
28-01-2020Het in de landbouw gebruikte bestrijdingsmiddel thiacloprid wordt verboden in de EU omdat het risico’s voor de gezondheid en het…
21-01-2020Mayflies, which form swarms in the billions that are visible on weather radar, are in steep decline, mirroring the plight…
20-01-2020The intensive and extensive application of imidacloprid in agriculture has resulted in water pollution and risks to aquatic invertebrates. However,…
14-01-2020Het Hoogheemraadschap (HH) Delfland heeft een meetnet om de waterkwaliteit van het glastuinbouwgebied te monitoren: er zijn 23 meetlocaties in…
13-01-2020Das Verhältnis von Insekten und Landwirtschaft ist ein durchaus ambivalentes. Auf der einen Seite sind sie als Schädlinge für Ernteausfälle…
