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How you can help save the monarch butterfly -- and the planet | Mary Ellen Hannibal

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How you can help save the monarch butterfly -- and the planet | Mary Ellen Hannibal

TED Talks Daily

2020/04/01
TED Talks Daily

TED Talks Daily

2020/04/01
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Monarch butterflies are dying at an alarming rate around the world -- a looming extinction that could also put human life at risk. But we have just the thing to help save these insects, says author Mary Ellen Hannibal: citizen scientists. Learn how these g...

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Monarch butterflies, once a common sight, are now vanishing at an alarming rate, signaling a deeper crisis in our ecosystems. While industrial and environmental forces drive their decline, a quiet but powerful movement is rising to counter the loss: ordinary people stepping into the role of scientists.
04:15
Insect loss could impact humans more seriously and quickly than climate change
07:15
Darwin predicted the existence of a long-tongued moth pollinator for the Madagascar star orchid based on its flower structure
09:26
Citizen science helps map monarch butterfly migration and reveals their population decline.

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Why Are Butterflies Disappearing Before Our Eyes?
00:00
What’s Causing the Insect Apocalypse—and Why Should We Care?
02:57
How Did a 19th-Century Prediction Shape Modern Citizen Science?
06:09
Can Planting Milkweed Save the Monarch Migration?
09:26
What Happens When the Whole World Becomes a Field Scientist?
12:32

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