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. 2025 Mar;639(8054):E7-E11.
doi: 10.1038/s41586-024-08528-0. Epub 2025 Mar 12.

Weather anomalies cannot explain insect decline

Caspar A Hallmann  1   2 , Eelke Jongejans  3   4 , Thomas Hörren  5   6 , Martin Sorg  5 , Henk Siepel  3 , Roland Mühlethaler  7 , Gerlind U C Lehmann  7   8 , Hans de Kroon  3
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Weather anomalies cannot explain insect decline

Caspar A Hallmann et al. Nature. 2025 Mar.
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