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Fireflies in decline as natural habitats are destroyed

The little blinking lights of fireflies are getting harder and harder to see lately.Urban delvelopment, pollution and artificial lights are all causing the numbers of the tiny insects to decline at a rapid...

created by Amy Judd | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
2063 views | 4 recommendations | 14 comments

Urban Sprawl Grid Discovered In Xingu Amzonia :: Oblate Spheroid

Edmund Jenks

Urban Sprawl Grid Discovered In Xingu Amazonia :: Oblate Spheroid

" Newly discovered traces of ancient roads, bridges and plazas in Brazil's tropical forest may help dispel the once-popular impression of an 'untouched' Amazon before the Europeans' arrival. In southern Brazil,...

created by Edmund Jenks | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
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livvy

Suburban Sprawl, another cause of economic distress

The causes of the current financial woes in the US are debatable and varied. Suburban sprawl however is a new factor which has contributed to the current economic climate. Something worth thinking about. And also...

created by ryan | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
1437 views | 0 recommendations | 7 comments

Farmers losing fight against urban sprawl

Federsavage

Farmers losing fight against urban sprawl

Even with British Columbia's own Agricultural Land Reserve legislation in place to protect our shrinking farmlands from development of sorts, we cannot place our full trust in that. BC Transportation...

created by Federsavage | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
1426 views | 7 recommendations | 3 comments

TheReturner

Giant Spider Web Baffles Entomologists

Most likely a team effort by several spiders rather than some giant Shelob-like monstrosity. Which is a good thing. Also, it shows that spiders, like web users, are familiar with crowdsourcing. Spiders are our...

created by Jordan Yerman | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
14227 views | 6 recommendations | 2 comments

coffeesoup

US Border Fence Could Be Eco-Disaster

"US border fence could be eco-disaster Wednesday, 25 July 2007 17:02 While the US Congress failed to pass a sweeping immigration reform bill that would have benefited thousands of illegal Irish ex-pats, the US is...

created by infomatique | 4 years ago
776 views | 20 recommendations | 1 comment

News for nerds, stuff that matters

""A Science News article talks about the relationship between city design and health. New cross-disciplinary research is exploring whether urban sprawl makes us soft, or whether people who don't like to exercise move to the sprawling suburbs, or some combination of both.""