The EU is about to re-approve the pesticide glyphosate; https://lnkd.in/eHDCxEtn.
The UK Government fails to uphold its promise to outlaw neonicotinoids; see https://lnkd.in/ezK8UpbE A coated seed can even kill a bird. https://lnkd.in/e8FShCSx
Fields and plants do not retain the insecticides; they leak into the world’s waterways at a rate of 3 million tonnes every year.
https://lnkd.in/eUUUvBBw The impact on the marine ecosystem is devastating; marine life is not going to survive. 3 million metric tonnes equates to 15mg/l of concentration in the top 200 metres of the world’s oceans. This is way beyond the toxic threshold; why is the planet not dead already?
Many of the chemicals do not dissolve in the ocean but float on the surface and get bound up in microplastic and partially combusted carbon, even glyphosate, which is quite soluble. Marine plankton eat the particles and get dosed with the poison; this is why the marine ecosystem and life support system for the planet are dying.
The microplastic and black carbon soot now loaded with toxic chemicals become airborne in seawater aerosols, which form clouds. The toxic chemicals and particles return to the land and our drinking water in the rain. Every litre of rain now falling on the planet contains plastic and toxic chemicals; this is why insects all over the world are dying.
Ask Bard AI, “What percentage of flying insects are lost globally? “
Response from Bard “A 2017 study that was published in the journal Nature found that over the previous 27 years, the global biomass of flying insects has decreased by 76%. In other words, there are 76% fewer flying insects today than there were in 1989.
Ask Bard AI “Can humanity survive with a 90% loss of insects?”.
Response from Bard “No, if insects disappear by 90%, humanity cannot survive. The loss of insects would have a ripple effect on all other forms of life on the planet because they are essential to the Earth’s ecosystem.
Ask Bard AI, “When will we have eliminated 90% of all insects from the planet if the current rate of decline continues?”
According to the Bard “Journal of Biological Conservation,” the insect population worldwide is declining by an average of 2.5% annually. It would only take 28 years for insects to disappear if this rate of decline continues.”
Therefore, based solely on the loss of insects, humanity has less than 28 years to survive. The effects will build up over time, and as climate change takes effect, the destruction will accelerate. So we don’t have 28 years—probably less than 5 years—to take worldwide action and 10 to 15 years before the earth’s ecosystem collapses if we do nothing.
When will we stop poisoning the environment and start addressing the loss of biodiversity and climate change? Everyone must go organic now.
The GOES Report: https://lnkd.in/ev6_2cXN
www.GoesFoundation.com
