The Insect Crisis av Oliver Milman

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<p><b>***A Waterstones Best Books of 2022 pick***</b><br><b><br>A <i>New Scientist Book of the Year</i><br><br>Shortlisted for the Wainwright Prize for Conservation Writing </b><br><b><br>''Fascinating... There is something wondrous in Milman''s revelation of our fragile dependency on insect life as well as its beauty and strangeness.'' <i>Guardian</i></b><br><br><b>''Gripping and especially unnerving.'' David Wallace-Wells</b><br><br>When is the last time you were stung by a wasp? Or were followed by a cloud of midges? Or saw a butterfly? All these normal occurrences are becoming much rarer. A groundswell of research suggests insect numbers are in serious decline all over the world - in some places by over 90%.<br><br><i>The Insect Crisis</i> explores this hidden emergency, arguing that its consequences could even rival climate change. We rely on insect pollination for the bulk of our agriculture, they are a prime food source for birds and fish, and they are a key strut holding up lif