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<\/a><\/p>\nAll around us, our world is literally in a state of collapse, but most people don\u2019t seem to care.\u00a0 I spend much of my time writing about the inevitable collapse of our economic and financial systems, but they are only one part of the story.\u00a0 These days, millions upon millions of us are spending countless hours in this \u201cvirtual world\u201d that we have created, and that is preventing many of us from understanding what is really going on in \u201cthe real world\u201d.\u00a0 Where I live, I can literally keep the doors wide open for hours without worrying about bugs coming in, because insect populations are disappearing at a pace that is frightening.\u00a0 They are calling it \u201cthe insect apocalypse\u201d, and some scientists are warning that they could all be gone in 100 years<\/strong><\/span><\/a>.\u00a0 And this dramatic decline in the insect population is one of the main reasons why North America\u2019s bird population is collapsing.\u00a0 In the old days, I remember the singing of birds often greeting me in the morning, but these days I am never awakened by birds.\u00a0 That might make sense if I lived right in the middle of a major city, but I don\u2019t.\u00a0 I live in a very rural location, and I do see birds out here, but not nearly as many as I would expect.<\/span><\/p>\n Sadly, the scientific evidence is confirming what many of us had feared.\u00a0 According to a scientific study that was just released<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, North America\u2019s bird population has fallen by \u201cnearly 3 billion birds since 1970\u2033\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n If you\u2019ve noticed fewer birds in your backyard than you used to, you\u2019re not mistaken.<\/span><\/p>\n North America has lost nearly 3\u00a0billion birds since 1970, a\u00a0study said Thursday, which also found significant population declines among hundreds of bird species, including those once considered plentiful.<\/span><\/p>\n On second thought, I don\u2019t know if the term \u201ccollapse\u201d is strong enough to describe what we are facing.<\/span><\/p>\n In 1970, there were about 10 billion birds in North America.<\/span><\/p>\n Now, there are about 7 billion.<\/span><\/p>\n When are we finally going to admit that we have a major crisis on our hands?<\/span><\/p>\n Hopefully it will be before the count gets to zero.<\/span><\/p>\n Overall, we are talking about a total decline of approximately 30 percent<\/strong><\/span><\/a>\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cWe saw this tremendous net loss across the entire bird community,\u201d says Ken Rosenberg<\/a>, an applied conservation scientist at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology<\/a><\/strong><\/span> in Ithaca, N.Y. \u201cBy our estimates, it\u2019s a 30% loss in the total number of breeding birds.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Could humanity survive without birds?<\/span><\/p>\n Probably, but this is yet another sign that the planetary food chain is in the process of totally breaking down.\u00a0 Despite all of our advanced technology, we are not going to survive without an environment that supports life, and at this moment that environment is being destroyed at a staggering pace.<\/span><\/p>\n According to the lead author of the study<\/a><\/strong><\/span>, the evidence they compiled \u201cshowed pervasive losses among common birds across all habitats, including backyard birds\u201d\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cMultiple, independent lines of evidence show a massive reduction in the abundance of birds,\u201d said study lead author Ken Rosenberg, a senior scientist at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and American Bird Conservancy, in a statement. \u201cWe expected to see continuing declines of threatened species. But for the first time, the results also showed pervasive losses among common birds across all habitats, including backyard birds.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n I like having birds in my backyard.\u00a0 In fact, I wish that I had a whole lot more.<\/span><\/p>\n Two of the largest factors being blamed for this stunning decline are \u201ctoxic pesticides\u201d and \u201cinsect decline\u201d.\u00a0 We have already talked about the \u201cinsect apocalypse\u201d which is raging all around us, but I should say a few words about pesticides.\u00a0 Yes, they may help to protect our crops and our lawns, but in the process we are literally poisoning everything.<\/span><\/p>\n And that includes ourselves.\u00a0 According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, \u201cthere are traces of 29 different pesticides in the average American\u2019s body<\/strong><\/span>\u201d<\/a>, and many believe that this is one of the reasons why cancer rates have skyrocketed in recent decades.<\/span><\/p>\n These days it seems like just about everyone knows at least one person with cancer.\u00a0 If you are one of those rare people that doesn\u2019t know a single person with cancer, please leave a comment below, because I would love to hear your story.\u00a0 It has been estimated that one out of every three women and one out of every two men will get cancer in their lifetimes, but considering the rate that we are currently polluting our environment those estimates may be too conservative.<\/span><\/p>\n Without a doubt, several of the big pesticide companies are some of the most evil corporations on the entire planet, and yet most Americans don\u2019t really seem to care about the death and destruction that they have unleashed all around us.<\/span><\/p>\n As with so many other things, this is yet another example that shows that we have no future on the path that we are currently on, and the clock is ticking<\/a><\/strong><\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n Don\u2019t you want a world in which the birds sing to you in the morning?\u00a0 Pete Marra, one of the scientists involved in the study, told the press that a number of bird species \u201cthat were very common when I was a kid<\/strong><\/span>\u201d<\/a> are among those being hit the hardest\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cWe can all talk through the stories about there being fewer and fewer birds, but it\u2019s not until you really put the numbers on it that you can really grasp the magnitude of these results,\u201d Marra said. \u201cWe\u2019re now seeing common species that have declined, things like red-winged blackbirds and grackles and meadowlarks \u2014 species that I grew up with, that were very common when I was a kid. That is the most surprising and most disturbing part.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Everywhere around us, we can see decay, decline or collapse.\u00a0 This stunning drop in the bird population is just one more example.<\/span><\/p>\n But just like with so many other issues, most people don\u2019t really care, and most people certainly don\u2019t want to change.<\/span><\/p>\n So in the end we will reap what we have sown, and it will not be pleasant.<\/span><\/p>\n About the author: Michael Snyder<\/a><\/span> is a nationally-syndicated writer, media personality and political activist. He is the author of four books including Get Prepared Now<\/a><\/span>, The Beginning Of The End<\/span><\/a> and Living A Life That Really Matters<\/span><\/a>. His articles are originally published on The Economic Collapse Blog<\/span><\/a>, End Of The American Dream<\/span><\/a> and The Most Important News<\/span><\/a>. From there, his articles are republished on dozens of other prominent websites. If you would like to republish his articles, please feel free to do so. The more people that see this information the better, and we need to wake more people up while there is still time.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n