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Posted in [CLIMATE](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate). ## [Vanishing Insects, Collapsing Biosphere: Nature’s Warning from the World’s Last Rainforests](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/31035-vanishing-insects-collapsing-biosphere-natures-warning-from-the-worlds-last-rainforests) ENVIRONMENT WATCH - Insects are vanishing from pristine rainforests. “Around the world many insect populations are crashing.” (Natural History Museum… --- [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/8c/046h-8c9666fa.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/30999-nightmare-of-nightmares-new-big-co2-emissions)### [Nightmare of Nightmares – New (Big) CO2 Emissions](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/30999-nightmare-of-nightmares-new-big-co2-emissions) Written by Robert Hunziker on June 09 2025. 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[ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/42/034n-424cc4e5.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/30797-we-need-urgent-global-action-study-warns-humanity-on-path-to-trigger-16-climate-tipping-points)### ['We Need Urgent Global Action': Study Warns Humanity on Path to Trigger 16 Climate Tipping Points](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/30797-we-need-urgent-global-action-study-warns-humanity-on-path-to-trigger-16-climate-tipping-points) Written by Jessica Corbett on April 28 2025. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/2c/033n-2cd33693.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/30761-climate-change-kills-capitalism)### [Climate Change Kills Capitalism](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/30761-climate-change-kills-capitalism) Written by Robert Hunziker on April 24 2025. 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