IGES: Preserving biodiversity with science, foreteller insects

How blind are we to things too big to see directly? Take the environment — why should people care? Our muddled perceptions can make it grueling to find the right balance between individual well-being and conservation of nature. Falling biodiversity — the variety in the life around us, from microbes on up — has severe repercussions for human well-being. As species go extinct, we lose the food, clothing, medicine and more that they can give us, some of it lost before ever being discovered.