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Tens of Billions of Bees
More than a quarter of the country’s 2.4 million bee colonies have died recently, tens of billions of bees.
Often times I find myself in discussions of environmental catastrophe in which those I am speaking with frame the issue in terms of whether the coming catastrophe can be averted. But environmental catastrophe is not like, say, a building collapsing, in which case there is one catastrophic moment for the buildings occupants, from people to pets to cockroaches, mice, and spiders.
From whose perspective show the notion of environmental catastrophe be seen? For frogs, whose population has undergone a similar collapse, the catastrophe arrived years ago. As far as bees are concerned, the catastrophe is here.
If humans were not embedded in a tightly knit web of biodiviersity on which our survival depends, then we could reasonably speak of whether or not the "looming catastrophe" can be avoided.
NYT article the billions of dead bees here.
Often times I find myself in discussions of environmental catastrophe in which those I am speaking with frame the issue in terms of whether the coming catastrophe can be averted. But environmental catastrophe is not like, say, a building collapsing, in which case there is one catastrophic moment for the buildings occupants, from people to pets to cockroaches, mice, and spiders.
From whose perspective show the notion of environmental catastrophe be seen? For frogs, whose population has undergone a similar collapse, the catastrophe arrived years ago. As far as bees are concerned, the catastrophe is here.
If humans were not embedded in a tightly knit web of biodiviersity on which our survival depends, then we could reasonably speak of whether or not the "looming catastrophe" can be avoided.
NYT article the billions of dead bees here.
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Posted on 24 Apr 2007 by bobostertag
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