<description>&lt;p&gt;No Scicast dessa semana exploramos o universo fascinante dos insetos &amp;mdash; o grupo animal mais diverso da Terra &amp;mdash; entendendo o que define um inseto, sua incr&amp;iacute;vel biodiversidade e o papel essencial que desempenham nos ecossistemas e na economia humana.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Conversamos sobre servi&amp;ccedil;os como poliniza&amp;ccedil;&amp;atilde;o, controle biol&amp;oacute;gico e decomposi&amp;ccedil;&amp;atilde;o, fundamentais para a produ&amp;ccedil;&amp;atilde;o de alimentos e para a manuten&amp;ccedil;&amp;atilde;o dos ciclos naturais, al&amp;eacute;m de destacar polinizadores pouco lembrados, como moscas, besouros e mariposas. Tamb&amp;eacute;m discutimos o alarmante decl&amp;iacute;nio global das popula&amp;ccedil;&amp;otilde;es de insetos, impulsionado por fatores como desmatamento, mudan&amp;ccedil;as clim&amp;aacute;ticas, agrot&amp;oacute;xicos e perda de habitat, e revisamos estudos de caso que evidenciam essa crise silenciosa. Por fim, refletimos sobre a invisibilidade desse grupo t&amp;atilde;o abundante quanto subestimado, e sobre a urg&amp;ecirc;ncia de compreender e conservar os insetos para garantir o equil&amp;iacute;brio dos ecossistemas e o futuro da vida humana.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;hr&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Patronato do SciCast:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.patreon.com/scicast"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1. Patreon SciCast&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://apoia.se/scicast"&gt;2. Apoia.se/Scicast&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;3. Nos ajude via Pix tamb&amp;eacute;m, chave: &lt;em&gt;contato@scicast.com.br&lt;/em&gt; ou acesse o QRcode:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.deviante.com.br/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Imagem-do-WhatsApp-de-2024-05-02-as-12.23.10_88282c26.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Sua pequena contribui&amp;ccedil;&amp;atilde;o ajuda o Portal Deviante a continuar divulgando Ci&amp;ecirc;ncia!&lt;/p&gt; &lt;hr&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Contatos:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:contato@scicast.com.br"&gt;contato@scicast.com.br&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://twitter.com/scicastpodcast"&gt;https://twitter.com/scicastpodcast&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.facebook.com/scicastpodcast"&gt;https://www.facebook.com/scicastpodcast&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.instagram.com/PortalDeviante/"&gt;https://www.instagram.com/PortalDeviante/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p&gt;Fale conosco! E n&amp;atilde;o esque&amp;ccedil;a de deixar o seu coment&amp;aacute;rio na postagem desse epis&amp;oacute;dio!&lt;/p&gt; &lt;hr&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Expediente:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Produ&amp;ccedil;&amp;atilde;o Geral:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://twitter.com/FernandesTarik"&gt;Tarik Fernandes&lt;/a&gt; e Andr&amp;eacute; Trapani&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Equipe de Grava&amp;ccedil;&amp;atilde;o:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cita&amp;ccedil;&amp;atilde;o ABNT: &lt;/strong&gt;Scicast #679: O Apocalipse dos Insetos. Locu&amp;ccedil;&amp;atilde;o: . [S.l.] Portal Deviante, 14/02/2026. Podcast. Dispon&amp;iacute;vel em: https://www.deviante.com.br/podcasts/scicast-679&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Imagem de capa:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;hr&gt; &lt;p&gt;Perguntas do Epis&amp;oacute;dio&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sugest&amp;otilde;es de literatura&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li aria-level="1"&gt;Agrot&amp;oacute;xicos e o Colonialismo Qu&amp;iacute;mico, de Larissa Mies Bombardi&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li aria-level="1"&gt;&lt;a href="https://repositorio.inpa.gov.br/items/8db6e28f-1a81-4534-9cb8-0422c6bee829"&gt;https://repositorio.inpa.gov.br/items/8db6e28f-1a81-4534-9cb8-0422c6bee829&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li aria-level="1"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1722477115"&gt;https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1722477115&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li aria-level="1"&gt;&lt;a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1472-4642.2009.00578.x"&gt;https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1472-4642.2009.00578.x&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li aria-level="1"&gt;&lt;a href="https://jornal.usp.br/atualidades/morte-de-meio-bilhao-de-abelhas-e-consequencia-de-agrotoxicos/"&gt;https://jornal.usp.br/atualidades/morte-de-meio-bilhao-de-abelhas-e-consequencia-de-agrotoxicos/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li aria-level="1"&gt;https://jornal.usp.br/ciencias/ciencias-ambientais/agricultura-brasileira-e-dependente-de-polinizadores-ameacados-de-extincao/&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sugest&amp;otilde;es de filmes:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li aria-level="1"&gt;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqnv9HDsnQk&amp;amp;t=659s&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sugest&amp;otilde;es de v&amp;iacute;deos&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li aria-level="1"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zdqDVn2LPY&amp;amp;t=397s&amp;amp;pp=ygUGYW1hYmlv0gcJCSUKAYcqIYzv"&gt;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zdqDVn2LPY&amp;amp;t=397s&amp;amp;pp=ygUGYW1hYmlv0gcJCSUKAYcqIYzv&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li aria-level="1"&gt;https://www.entsoc.org/insect-decline-anthropocene&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sugest&amp;otilde;es de links:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li aria-level="1"&gt;&lt;a href="https://revistapesquisa.fapesp.br/en/terrestrial-insects-in-decline/"&gt;https://revistapesquisa.fapesp.br/en/terrestrial-insects-in-decline&lt;/a&gt;/&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li aria-level="1"&gt;https://tasmanianinsectfieldguide.com/hexapoda/insectsoftasmaniaentognatha/&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li aria-level="1"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.biodiversity4all.org/taxa/125442-Halobates"&gt;https://www.biodiversity4all.org/taxa/125442-Halobates&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li aria-level="1"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.gov.br/agricultura/pt-br/assuntos/noticias/2022/relatorio-aponta-importancia-da-polinizacao-para-a-agricultura?utm_source=chatgpt.com"&gt;https://www.gov.br/agricultura/pt-br/assuntos/noticias/2022/relatorio-aponta-importancia-da-polinizacao-para-a-agricultura?pt.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li aria-level="1"&gt;&lt;a href="https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8396518/"&gt;https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8396518/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li aria-level="1"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.livrosabertos.abcd.usp.br/portaldelivrosUSP/catalog/view/1374/1253/4839"&gt;https://www.livrosabertos.abcd.usp.br/portaldelivrosUSP/catalog/view/1374/1253/4839&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li aria-level="1"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.embrapa.br/busca-de-noticias/-/noticia/53883946/mais-de-90-da-polinizacao-do-acai-e-realizada-por-abelhas-da-amazonia"&gt;https://www.embrapa.br/busca-de-noticias/-/noticia/53883946/mais-de-90-da-polinizacao-do-acai-e-realizada-por-abelhas-da-amazonia&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li aria-level="1"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jan/15/insect-collapse-we-are-destroying-our-life-support-systems"&gt;https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jan/15/insect-collapse-we-are-destroying-our-life-support-systems&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li aria-level="1"&gt;https://www.buglife.org.uk/news/bugs-matter-survey-shows-ongoing-decline-in-uk-flying-insects/&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Outras Refer&amp;ecirc;ncias:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;https://tasmanianinsectfieldguide.com/hexapoda/insectsoftasmaniaentognatha/&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://revistapesquisa.fapesp.br/en/terrestrial-insects-in-decline/"&gt;https://revistapesquisa.fapesp.br/en/terrestrial-insects-in-decline/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://royalsocietypublishing.org/rsbl/article/18/8/20220219/63187/Insect-decline-in-Brazil-an-appraisal-of-current"&gt;https://royalsocietypublishing.org/rsbl/article/18/8/20220219/63187/Insect-decline-in-Brazil-an-appraisal-of-current&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29045418/"&gt;https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29045418/&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;https://royalsociety.org/-/media/about-us/international/g-science-statements/07072020-global-insect-declines-and-the-potential-erosion-of-vital-ecosystem-services-statement-w-ra.pdf?&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://australian.museum/learn/animals/insects/flies-and-mosquitoes-order-diptera"&gt;https://australian.museum/learn/animals/insects/flies-and-mosquitoes-order-diptera&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8396518/"&gt;https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8396518/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1517092112&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;See &lt;a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener"&gt;omnystudio.com/listener&lt;/a&gt; for privacy information.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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Portal Deviante

O Apocalipse dos Insetos (SciCast #679)

FEB 14, 202663 MIN
Scicast

O Apocalipse dos Insetos (SciCast #679)

FEB 14, 202663 MIN

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No Scicast dessa semana exploramos o universo fascinante dos insetos — o grupo animal mais diverso da Terra — entendendo o que define um inseto, sua incrível biodiversidade e o papel essencial que desempenham nos ecossistemas e na economia humana. Conversamos sobre serviços como polinização, controle biológico e decomposição, fundamentais para a produção de alimentos e para a manutenção dos ciclos naturais, além de destacar polinizadores pouco lembrados, como moscas, besouros e mariposas. Também discutimos o alarmante declínio global das populações de insetos, impulsionado por fatores como desmatamento, mudanças climáticas, agrotóxicos e perda de habitat, e revisamos estudos de caso que evidenciam essa crise silenciosa. Por fim, refletimos sobre a invisibilidade desse grupo tão abundante quanto subestimado, e sobre a urgência de compreender e conservar os insetos para garantir o equilíbrio dos ecossistemas e o futuro da vida humana.     Patronato do SciCast: 1. Patreon SciCast 2. Apoia.se/Scicast     3. Nos ajude via Pix também, chave: [email protected] ou acesse o QRcode:   Sua pequena contribuição ajuda o Portal Deviante a continuar divulgando Ciência! Contatos: [email protected] https://twitter.com/scicastpodcast https://www.facebook.com/scicastpodcast https://www.instagram.com/PortalDeviante/ Fale conosco! E não esqueça de deixar o seu comentário na postagem desse episódio! Expediente: Produção Geral: Tarik Fernandes e André Trapani Equipe de Gravação:  Citação ABNT: Scicast #679: O Apocalipse dos Insetos. Locução: . [S.l.] Portal Deviante, 14/02/2026. Podcast. Disponível em: https://www.deviante.com.br/podcasts/scicast-679 Imagem de capa: Perguntas do Episódio Sugestões de literatura: Agrotóxicos e o Colonialismo Químico, de Larissa Mies Bombardi https://repositorio.inpa.gov.br/items/8db6e28f-1a81-4534-9cb8-0422c6bee829? https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1722477115 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1472-4642.2009.00578.x https://jornal.usp.br/atualidades/morte-de-meio-bilhao-de-abelhas-e-consequencia-de-agrotoxicos/ https://jornal.usp.br/ciencias/ciencias-ambientais/agricultura-brasileira-e-dependente-de-polinizadores-ameacados-de-extincao/   Sugestões de filmes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqnv9HDsnQk&t=659s Sugestões de vídeos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zdqDVn2LPY&t=397s&pp=ygUGYW1hYmlv0gcJCSUKAYcqIYzv https://www.entsoc.org/insect-decline-anthropocene Sugestões de links: https://revistapesquisa.fapesp.br/en/terrestrial-insects-in-decline/ https://tasmanianinsectfieldguide.com/hexapoda/insectsoftasmaniaentognatha/ https://www.biodiversity4all.org/taxa/125442-Halobates https://www.gov.br/agricultura/pt-br/assuntos/noticias/2022/relatorio-aponta-importancia-da-polinizacao-para-a-agricultura?pt.com https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8396518/ https://www.livrosabertos.abcd.usp.br/portaldelivrosUSP/catalog/view/1374/1253/4839 https://www.embrapa.br/busca-de-noticias/-/noticia/53883946/mais-de-90-da-polinizacao-do-acai-e-realizada-por-abelhas-da-amazonia https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jan/15/insect-collapse-we-are-destroying-our-life-support-systems https://www.buglife.org.uk/news/bugs-matter-survey-shows-ongoing-decline-in-uk-flying-insects/   Outras Referências: https://tasmanianinsectfieldguide.com/hexapoda/insectsoftasmaniaentognatha/ https://revistapesquisa.fapesp.br/en/terrestrial-insects-in-decline/ https://royalsocietypublishing.org/rsbl/article/18/8/20220219/63187/Insect-decline-in-Brazil-an-appraisal-of-current https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29045418/    https://royalsociety.org/-/media/about-us/international/g-science-statements/07072020-global-insect-declines-and-the-potential-erosion-of-vital-ecosystem-services-statement-w-ra.pdf? https://australian.museum/learn/animals/insects/flies-and-mosquitoes-order-diptera https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8396518/ https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1517092112See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.