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What is the Windshield Phenomenon? - Spooky - 09-26-2021
The “Windshield Phenomenon” – Where Have All the Insects Gone?
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The “windshield phenomenon” it is called – not seeing the splatter of flying insects on one’s car’s windshield as warm weather returns. And it appears to be a worldwide phenomena. Scientists in several regions of the Europe and North America have noticed an alarming reduction of insect population in their midst. This has major implications for both the biotic world and human society.
In a recent article in the leading scientific journal, Science (May 10, 2017, Volume 356, pages 576 – 579, http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/05/where-have-all-insects-gone), the widespread loss of insect population are being talked about by insect specialists as an everyday driving experience – spending less time cleaning dirty windshields – and belatedly trying to gather reliable data to quantify these losses.
Weighty disappearances: The mass of insects collected by monitoring traps in Orbroicher Bruch nature reserve in northwest Germany dropped 78% in 24 years.
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Quote:https://irejn.org/blog-post/the-windshield-phenomenon-where-have-all-the-insects-gone/
It seems as if the number of insects across the globe are disappearing at an alarming rate. From driving in a car for miles, to no mosquitoes in the summer, etc.
What is your opinion on this?
RE: What is the Windshield Phenomenon? - mothered - 09-27-2021
Quote:It seems as if the number of insects across the globe are disappearing at an alarming rate. From driving in a car for miles, to no mosquitoes in the summer, etc.From my personal standpoint, It's Ideal.
Even better If flies are part of the equation. The summer season without them sticking to your face and body, would be a lot more pleasant.
RE: What is the Windshield Phenomenon? - Spooky - 09-27-2021
(09-27-2021, 04:47 AM)mothered Wrote:Sure it's nice to not be pestered with constant insects, but they are detrimental to the food chain. We could see large parts of the earth dying if there were genuinely no insects or an alarming decrease in population.Quote:It seems as if the number of insects across the globe are disappearing at an alarming rate. From driving in a car for miles, to no mosquitoes in the summer, etc.From my personal standpoint, It's Ideal.
Even better If flies are part of the equation. The summer season without them sticking to your face and body, would be a lot more pleasant.
RE: What is the Windshield Phenomenon? - mothered - 09-28-2021
(09-27-2021, 09:02 PM)ghostboy Wrote: We could see large parts of the earth dying if there were genuinely no insects or an alarming decrease in population.If that's the case, I agree 100%.
Perhaps I should've been more specific with the type of Insects, as opposed to each and every one.
RE: What is the Windshield Phenomenon? - Accident Man - 09-28-2021
This is not a natural phenomenon or some evolution in bugs or incipient technology in cars. It is an extinction event, one that we are witnessing because of how prevalent bugs are in our day-to-day life.