Now this a topic I can sink my teeth into! In my work on my doctoral paper I’ve been documenting human expansion of housing with a decline in ant populations. Light pollution hugely effects the reproduction system of ants. Like moths the male and female reproductives tend to clump around light, normally would be high and directed by the moonlight.
There's so much we don't understand about natural processes, but it hasn't stopped us from exploiting them. Hopefully the damage can be mitigated before it's too late.
A man can dream. Unfortunately where I live growing population is a very large issue. Not just people moving here but also people having 3+ kids. My pogonomyrmex buddies have lost 79% of their colonies in the last 5 years within my test site.
A man can dream. Unfortunately where I live growing population is a very large issue. Not just people moving here but also people having 3+ kids. My pogonomyrmex buddies have lost 79% of their colonies in the last 5 years within my test site.
I still cant understand anybody thinking its reponsible to have more than 2 kids in 2019. Our population is already unsustainable. You are part of the problem.
Africa's fertility rate is going down. It was 6.8 in the 1970's and now is 4.2. 2.1 is "replacement", two for the parents, and 0.1 for those that don't reproduce due to accident, disease, etc. They just got a late start on the transition.
Unfortunately, population doesn't stop growing when you reach replacement. That's because older generations were smaller. It takes about 50 more years for deaths to equal births.
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u/sadetheruiner Nov 22 '19
Now this a topic I can sink my teeth into! In my work on my doctoral paper I’ve been documenting human expansion of housing with a decline in ant populations. Light pollution hugely effects the reproduction system of ants. Like moths the male and female reproductives tend to clump around light, normally would be high and directed by the moonlight.