Climate change: Loss of bumblebees driven by 'climate chaos'

February 9, 2020

According to Jonathan Bridle and Alexandra van Rensburg of the University of Bristol, the population of bumblebees worldwide is declining at an alarming rate and is worse than previously thought because of climate change. Researchers have looked at more than half a million records analyzing 66 different species of bumblebees from 1901-1974 and from 2000-2014. What they discovered is that the populations started rapidly declining between 2001 and 2014 and that the probability of a bumblebee occupying any given area has decreased by an average of 30%. Both Spain and Mexico have been among the areas affected the most because of their more frequent extreme warm years. As a result of climate change, bumblebees have begun to move farther north into cooler areas, but it is still not enough to reverse the damage. Bumblebees are responsible for pollinating many fruits and vegetables, so many crops will begin to fail because of their declining population.

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  1. AnonymousFebruary 13, 2020 at 7:08 AM

    I agree that we need to do something to help slow down climate change because bumblebees are very important to our environment and they are needed for pollinating. Without them many fruits and vegetables will be lost and the amount of food sources will begin to decrease.

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  2. AnonymousFebruary 18, 2020 at 9:10 AM

    Do you believe a decrease in honey consumption and the increase in pollination areas would help to counteract the effects of climate change has on the bees to a noticeable degree?

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  3. AnonymousFebruary 21, 2020 at 7:39 AM

    This is troubling news to hear because of just how important the bumblebees are to the pollination of the wildlife and fruits. If the bumble bees are lacking in numbers, or move away from agricultural areas, how will plants get their pollination from now on?

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  4. AnonymousFebruary 27, 2020 at 10:05 AM

    Bumblebees are an important part to our agriculture, so if they are declining, our production of foods will also decrease. It will also affect the pollination of plants, which would contribute to the effects of global warming even more. Without bees, there would need to be a scientific way to pollinate all the plants and crops efficiently, which would cost a lot to create.

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