Study confirms windscreen phenomenon, cause uknown

[Second Summer]

(The windscreen or windshield phenomenon is the sense of a declining number of bugs getting squashed on your car windscreen as the years go by.)

Scientists have long suspected that insects are in dramatic decline, but new evidence confirms this.

Research at more than 60 protected areas in Germany suggests flying insects have declined by more than 75% over almost 30 years.

Alarm over decline in flying insects (19. October 2017)
Study: More than 75 percent decline over 27 years in total flying insect biomass in protected areas

 

[Andy_T]

Yes, also heard that on the radio this morning

 

[Second Summer]

It's silent spring all over again.

 

[Mischief]

I think that most people won't realize the significance of this, unfortunately.

It confirms what I have observed during my lifetime.