Where have all the insects gone? | Hugh Warwick

While news focuses on elections or the economy, the bigger picture is that our world is being tragically and massively denuded of non-human forms of lifeThere is a scene at the end of the film Gangs of New York when Daniel Day-Lewis and Leonardo DiCaprio are deep in a vicious fight for honour and territory. As the camera pulls up and away it becomes apparent how very small and insignificant the squabble is. The city is being bombarded from the sea.That is how I feel we are treating the looming e