Hotter, Drier El Niños Linked to Insect Decline in the Amazon, Study Finds

Yale e360
Feb 10, 2020, 2:47 pm203 pts
Scientists have found that hotter and drier El Niño events are having major impacts on biodiversity in the Amazon rainforest, including causing the collapse of dung beetle populations, an important indicator species used to gauge the health of a larger ecosystem. According to a new study, dung beetle numbers…

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