Cicadas Manifest - USA
A gathering of cicadas on a bush at Center Public Park near the Lincoln Memorial Gardens in Springfield, Illinois, part of the billions of periodical cicadas that emerged from the soil in May 2024 after spending 13 and 17 years underground. This cycle of cicada birth from soil and death back into the soil is unimaginably unique, the 221-year cycle when both the 13 and 17-year broods emerge simultaneously. This dual-brood cicada appearance primarily took place in the Midwestern United States with their one purpose - to mate before dying, returning to the soil after around two weeks of existence, not resurfacing for more than a decade. The cicada's giving to the soil ecosystem cannot be unstated; their brief life returns vital nutrients back to the soil, helping to sustain an even vaster ecosystem of microbial life in topsoil that allows humans to grow enough food to eat, supporting a natural process of soil sustainability. The United Nations and agro-scientists predict that in the coming 40 years, our Earth will lose 60 percent of its topsoil if we do not radically begin caring for Earth's soil. In 40 years, the human population on Earth will be nearing 20 billion people, more than double the Earth's population in 2024. This affects how we feed humanity when most of our soil is destroyed due to climate change, excessive tilling of land, and desertification.
A gathering of cicadas on a bush at Center Public Park near the Lincoln Memorial Gardens in Springfield, Illinois, part of the billions of periodical cicadas that emerged from the soil in May 2024 after spending 13 and 17 years underground. This cycle of cicada birth from soil and death back into the soil is unimaginably unique, the 221-year cycle when both the 13 and 17-year broods emerge simultaneously. This dual-brood cicada appearance primarily took place in the Midwestern United States with their one purpose - to mate before dying, returning to the soil after around two weeks of existence, not resurfacing for more than a decade. The cicada's giving to the soil ecosystem cannot be unstated; their brief life returns vital nutrients back to the soil, helping to sustain an even vaster ecosystem of microbial life in topsoil that allows humans to grow enough food to eat, supporting a natural process of soil sustainability. The United Nations and agro-scientists predict that in the coming 40 years, our Earth will lose 60 percent of its topsoil if we do not radically begin caring for Earth's soil. In 40 years, the human population on Earth will be nearing 20 billion people, more than double the Earth's population in 2024. This affects how we feed humanity when most of our soil is destroyed due to climate change, excessive tilling of land, and desertification.
A gathering of cicadas on a bush at Center Public Park near the Lincoln Memorial Gardens in Springfield, Illinois, part of the billions of periodical cicadas that emerged from the soil in May 2024 after spending 13 and 17 years underground. This cycle of cicada birth from soil and death back into the soil is unimaginably unique, the 221-year cycle when both the 13 and 17-year broods emerge simultaneously. This dual-brood cicada appearance primarily took place in the Midwestern United States with their one purpose - to mate before dying, returning to the soil after around two weeks of existence, not resurfacing for more than a decade. The cicada's giving to the soil ecosystem cannot be unstated; their brief life returns vital nutrients back to the soil, helping to sustain an even vaster ecosystem of microbial life in topsoil that allows humans to grow enough food to eat, supporting a natural process of soil sustainability. The United Nations and agro-scientists predict that in the coming 40 years, our Earth will lose 60 percent of its topsoil if we do not radically begin caring for Earth's soil. In 40 years, the human population on Earth will be nearing 20 billion people, more than double the Earth's population in 2024. This affects how we feed humanity when most of our soil is destroyed due to climate change, excessive tilling of land, and desertification.