[HN Gopher] Are roads the biggest driver of ecological destruction?
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       Are roads the biggest driver of ecological destruction?
        
       Author : ryanblakeley
       Score  : 21 points
       Date   : 2024-01-03 17:25 UTC (1 days ago)
        
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       | tony_cannistra wrote:
       | Road ecology is a very interesting and important field,
       | particularly the modeling of animal interactions with road
       | crossings - all very interesting and important.
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       | The rhetorical title is absurd, however, and I'd argue even Ben
       | Goldfarb would agree with that.
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       | Habitat loss is the single largest driver of biodiversity loss,
       | as a result of many, many drivers. You've heard of all of them.
       | The presence and proliferation of roads is, of course, one of
       | those drivers.
        
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