Insect Apocalypse Effecting Bird Population? 3 Billion Down In 10 Years!

cifer44 (58)in #environment • 5 years ago

If you look to our skies in the last few years you might notice it's a little emptier than when you were younger. With the dwindling insect population, reports are now showing it's not just insects that are on the decline, over the last 10 years the bird population has fallen from 10 billion to 7 billion in North America! With the extreme climate change happening, all walks of life are being affected. Insects, birds, marine life, even humans, by increasing temperatures and an increase of natural disasters. These numbers are only for North America. The world's tropical forest bird population may be permanently reduced by 144 million individuals per year. While 3 billion in 10 years seems alarming, they have been on the decline a lot longer. Since the 1500s, actually.

Since the 1500s, birds have been declining both in terms of species numbers (by about 500 species) and numbers of individuals (by about 20-25%). This decline is due to human activities, such as the cutting down of forests, contamination, invasive species, and human-induced climate change. Of all the known bird species, 129 are extinct and 9,787 are living today.

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With all of this in mind though, it's not to assume the last few years hasn't sped up the decline of birds, and hundreds of other species with the human-made fires, climate change, and more! Is there anything that can be done about it? With the way the world is going, it's very unlikely and more plausible that we're currently in a mass extinction event caused by us. As we destroy the very world we live on, killing all life, the only chance for survival is through a new world. A New Kingdom brought about by God and his Son.

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