Endangered pollinators: A threat to the world food supply

Around 3,000 scientific papers affirm 40 percent of invertebrate pollinators might be facing extinction.Seventy-five percent of the world’s food crops depend on pollination, even if partially, according to a UN-sponsored report. This report, NPR says, gathers together the conclusions of more than 3,000 scientific papers, which conclude that around 40 percent of all invertebrate pollinators (bees, butterflies, Read More…

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