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OOPS - Puerto Rican Insects In Forest Canopy Increase With Warmth - Not Decline - And Frogs Like The Warmth Too

This is about that much publicized insect collapse in Puerto Rico, which the authors blamed on climate change. It turns out that they made a natural but rather big mistake, not correcting for the effects of Hurricane Hugo, which increased the numbers of birds and insects before one of their main data points.

Glastonbury Abbey wins silver and bronze at tourism awards

TWO of Glastonbury Abbey’s popular annual events have been named among the best in Somerset.

Ultrafast broadband on its way to Somerset | Somerset County Gazette

A BROADBAND provider has started rolling out its ultrafast, full-fibre network which will benefit more than 15,000 premises in Somerset.

Insect populations suffering death by 1,000 cuts, say scientists

Insect populations suffering death by 1,000 cuts, say scientists Damian Carrington Environment editor © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: blickwinkel/Alamy Insect populations are suffering “death by a thousand cuts”, with many falling at “frightening” rates that are “tearing apart the tapestry of life”, according to scientists behind a new volume of studies. The insects face multiple, overlapping threats including the destruction of wild habitats for farming, urbanisation, pesticides and light pollution. Population collapses have been recorded in places where human activities dominate, such as in Germany, but there is little data from outside Europe and North America and in particular from wild, tropical regions where most insects live.

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