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Jessica Ware, on why insect populations are collapsing so fast: habitat destroyed for cities, warming temperatures, light pollution disrupting insect navigation and mating. She's blunt that the decline isn't a natural cycle but an ongoing, human-driven process.
Entomologist Jessica Ware, curator at the American Museum of Natural History, on the pace of global insect population decline compared to historical baselines. She traces it to habitat loss, pollution, and light pollution driven by human urbanization.