Tuesday, 26 November 2019
quote [ “The evidence that light pollution has profound and serious impacts on ecosystems is overwhelmingly strong,” said Matt Shardlow, the chief executive of the conservation charity Buglife. “It is imperative that society now takes substantial steps to make the environment safer for insects. ]
Embrace darkness! Or something.
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steele said @ 7:26pm GMT on 26th Nov
Huh. Interesting. Direct link to the full study. #ThankYouSciHub They're butting heads directly with this study released earlier this year that says, "Habitat loss by conversion to intensive agriculture is the main driver of the declines."
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Paracetamol said @ 8:04pm GMT on 26th Nov
Mhh, if I understood correctly, the studies complement each other. The article talks about species being driven away from habitats and in turn being endangered near human infrastructure.
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steele said[1] @ 8:20pm GMT on 26th Nov
Butting heads might be poor choice of words, perhaps gentle ribbing? :)
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mechanical contrivance said @ 8:30pm GMT on 26th Nov
What the Japanese call 'light touch'.
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cb361 said @ 9:38pm GMT on 26th Nov
I think the insects demonstrated which side of their bread they have buttered when they got involved with Plasmodium falciparum.
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