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It's nice to know that the earth starts to heal so quickly after humans are gone. Although by the time we are actually gone we might make it uninhabitable for other life too.
Philosophical question: if humans are gone, does it really matter what happens to the earth?
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While articles like this always bring a smile, I'm saddened for the animals, knowing that their ecological reprieve will soon be dashed by human recklessness. I've actually begun to enjoy many aspects of the quarantine, and would like it to continue a lot longer. The planet is better off without us.
I greatly prefer the model Ontario has taken with Algonquin - it is expensive to camp there, camp sites are very limited, and the park can only be described as pristine.
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While you may be suggesting this more as a not-to-be-taken-entirely-serious, there probably is some truth to it: evolution. Accoriding to the red queen hypothesis, noone (species) can ever win evolution, you can only constantly adapt and select. There is no reason to believe that humans have overcome this. Now with billions of humans in existance, any small weakness all these humans have that another species can expl…
I’m getting a few downvotes but it’s honestly something I think about a lot. I believe we are incapable of understanding some things about how this (waves hands around in circles) all works. And one of those things could be how the earth might view us as it tries to survive as well. Probably a little wolololo for this HN post but still something I enjoy dwelling on.
While articles like this always bring a smile, I'm saddened for the animals, knowing that their ecological reprieve will soon be dashed by human recklessness. I've actually begun to enjoy many aspects of the quarantine, and would like it to continue a lot longer. The planet is better off without us.
I hope this inspires our generation. I hope we remember that the way things were recently aren’t they way have to be, or the way things naturally are. We need more pollution controls, clean power, and less driving. I also think we need to reduce how many people visit certain places as the harsh reality is that impact is clearly related to visits. It will mean a shared sacrifice but a healthier planet. Hopefully limit…
Me too. This is the reason I absolutely don't want to see airlines or airframe manufacturers bailed out. That industry needs to shrink. If that means fewer flights available and higher prices in the future, that's a net positive for the planet as people will have to be more selective about travel. https://www.biologicaldiversity.org/programs/climate_law_ins...
As noted in the article, the headline is misleading. The population obviously hasn't quadrupled since Yosemite closed to visitors on March 20th. It is remarkable though to see how quickly wildlife is willing to re-enter areas that have historically been overrun with humans!
If you say that the population of a city has doubled, it mostly means that people moved there, not that they were born there. The headline is fine. All: Obviously the bears weren't born in the last month. Please assume basic intelligence in your fellow readers. Edit: Ok you guys, I surrender. There is no fighting the dreaded title fever. https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu... .
A random hotel employee is seeing and hearing about more bears because there are less humans and bears have stopped hibernating.
Some bears may be encroaching on human areas more often, which would result in a huge sampling bias.