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World faces 'deathly silence' of nature as wildlife disappears, warn experts
- hackernoteng 3y agoI want to build an app that shows historical news article headlines with the word "experts" in the title.
- sp332 3y agoIt's already happening, so what are you doubting?
- mikece 3y agoJust like was predicted in the best-selling 1962 novel "Silent Spring": https://amzn.to/3xFHcQ6 https://amzn.to/3xFHcQ6
- RetroTechie 3y agoIntensively managed agricultural land, often doused with pesticides, sounds very different, Maeder said: “The soil becomes quiet.” So true. In a (healthy) forest, listen & look around. There's always something moving: beetles or centipedes crawling around, moths, mosquitos flying, a woodpecker doing its thing, a mouse rustling through the undergrowth, etc etc. Dig in the soil, and it's a complex web of half-decayed organic matter & critters feasting on that (and each other!). Now go sit in a corn field: besides maize plants' leaves rustling in the wind, or noises from a nearby road or farm, you hear & see nothing. No insects, no birds or small mammals, nothing. Dig in the soil, and difference with the forest is reflected in there. "Grief" is the correct word here.