A Car ‘Splatometer’ Study Finds Huge Insect Die-Off

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• Episode: A Car ‘Splatometer’ Study Finds Huge Insect Die-Off
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• Duration: 00:06:27
• Published: 2020-02-19 12:12

This story originally appeared on The Guardian and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Two scientific studies of the number of insects splattered by cars have revealed a huge decline in abundance at European sites in two decades. The research adds to growing evidence of what some scientists have called an “insect apocalypse,” which is threatening a collapse in the natural world that sustains humans and all life on Earth.