**Diesel exhaust gases found to harm insects: Animal ecologists study the effects on bumblebees for the first time**

The decline of insects threatens many ecosystems worldwide. While the effects of pesticides are well researched, there has been a lack of knowledge about the effects of other anthropogenic pollutants. Animal ecologists at the University of Bayreuth have now studied the effects of diesel exhaust particles on bumblebees for the first time.

https://phys.org/news/2023-09-diesel-exhaust-gases-insects-animal.html