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The Insect Crisis
The Fall of the Tiny Empires That Run the World
Book • 2022
In 'The Insect Crisis', Oliver Milman delves into the catastrophic decline of insect populations, highlighting the critical roles insects play in pollination, food production, and ecosystem health.
The book explores the causes of this decline, including agriculture and climate change, and discusses potential solutions to mitigate the crisis.
The book explores the causes of this decline, including agriculture and climate change, and discusses potential solutions to mitigate the crisis.
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as one of the few books she had to stop reading because she found it too depressing.


Tracy Alloway

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The Biotech Start-Up Making Vaccines for Bees and Shrimp
Mentioned at the end of the podcast as a new book on the subject of insect decline.

Dropping like flies
Recommended by Lewis Lapham as an alarming book about the importance of insects.

Episode 86: Oliver Milman