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Back when I was a kid, after a heavy downpour the roads would be crowded with earthworms. You really had to watch where you step to avoid stepping on one of those suckers. Fast forward today and I RARELY see a single worm out on the road after a similar downpour.
How were you a kid?
Back when I was a kid, after a heavy downpour the roads would be crowded with earthworms. You really had to watch where you step to avoid stepping on one of those suckers. Fast forward today and I RARELY see a single worm out on the road after a similar downpour.
It did.
Probably a result of tiling the soil. Disturbing the natural ecosystem of it. And pesticides too presumably. Something like permaculture could help. Chop and drop. Mulching on the spot.
True only if tilling has increased recently. The question is, what has changed since the last time the dead fields had earthworms? That's the cause. Reversing or neutralizing that change is the cure. Let's figure out how to fix this the right way, and now , before the remaining fields die off too.
- is the historical data available?
- is the decrease significant?
- is the sample size sufficient?
- is the sampling method reliable? (and conducted in the same conditions as the previous data points?)
- is there a difference between cultivated fields and uncultivated fields?
- is there any correlation between cultivation types and worm presence (not just usage of pesticides, but also types of cultures?)
- are there differences in soil properties (minerals, etc...)
etc...
I'd really like to have reporters link to the actual paper, or even better, datasets, in this time and age.
Any link to the actual study? Potential pitfalls of this kind of study: - is the historical data available? - is the decrease significant? - is the sample size sufficient? - is the sampling method reliable? (and conducted in the same conditions as the previous data points?) - is there a difference between cultivated fields and uncultivated fields? - is there any correlation between cultivation types and worm presence…
Back when I was a kid, after a heavy downpour the roads would be crowded with earthworms. You really had to watch where you step to avoid stepping on one of those suckers. Fast forward today and I RARELY see a single worm out on the road after a similar downpour.
I think I noticed this too. When I was in elementary school in the early 2000s, the stench of run-over worms was almost unbearable after rains. Worm guts everywhere. There were also bugs flying around me whenever I went outside to play. I hated it and wanted it to go away. It did.
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I think I noticed this too. When I was in elementary school in the early 2000s, the stench of run-over worms was almost unbearable after rains. Worm guts everywhere. There were also bugs flying around me whenever I went outside to play. I hated it and wanted it to go away. It did.
Does it concern you? It does me.
Back when I was a kid, after a heavy downpour the roads would be crowded with earthworms. You really had to watch where you step to avoid stepping on one of those suckers. Fast forward today and I RARELY see a single worm out on the road after a similar downpour.