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RussL
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Re: Our Biology Needs Darkness
      05/19/08 12:38 PM

Oh my. I just took a look at that site. As needed as that info is, it is depressing to read. We, as humans, are often the dumbest smart species the planet has ever seen. It's just that when we invent things or do certain things we don't always realize the impact we have on everything else. Here's another example: the migration and communication habits of whales are confused by the noise that our ships make. We didn't mean to cause that, but like so many other things, like light pollution, now that we know, it prudent and ethical that we do something about it. What kind of world are we headed for if we don't? The clock is ticking. It may be later than we think.

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* Our Biology Needs Darkness RussL 05/12/08 10:50 PM
. * Re: Our Biology Needs Darkness RussL   07/31/08 11:12 PM
. * Re: Our Biology Needs Darkness Ptarmigan   07/05/08 06:23 PM
. * Re: Our Biology Needs Darkness Achernar   05/14/08 08:41 PM
. * Re: Our Biology Needs Darkness PXR-5   05/13/08 03:30 PM
. * Re: Our Biology Needs Darkness Cygnus_x1   05/14/08 11:09 AM
. * Re: Our Biology Needs Darkness moron392   07/31/08 09:35 PM
. * Re: Our Biology Needs Darkness Deep13   05/14/08 02:46 PM
. * Re: Our Biology Needs Darkness RussL   05/14/08 10:18 PM
. * Re: Our Biology Needs Darkness RussL   05/16/08 11:51 AM
. * Re: Our Biology Needs Darkness vsteblina   05/16/08 10:18 PM
. * Re: Our Biology Needs Darkness kiwi_canuck   05/17/08 01:12 AM
. * Re: Our Biology Needs Darkness RussL   05/17/08 01:59 AM
. * Re: Our Biology Needs Darkness Dipole   05/17/08 12:57 PM
. * Re: Our Biology Needs Darkness RussL   05/17/08 03:18 PM
. * Re: Our Biology Needs Darkness Dipole   05/17/08 04:35 PM
. * Re: Our Biology Needs Darkness RussL   05/17/08 10:52 PM
. * Re: Our Biology Needs Darkness Achernar   05/18/08 09:15 AM
. * Re: Our Biology Needs Darkness Dipole   05/18/08 11:09 AM
. * Re: Our Biology Needs Darkness Achernar   05/18/08 05:49 PM
. * Re: Our Biology Needs Darkness starramus   05/18/08 12:42 PM
. * Re: Our Biology Needs Darkness galaxyman   05/18/08 01:35 PM
. * Re: Our Biology Needs Darkness Franklink   07/21/08 01:19 PM
. * Re: Our Biology Needs Darkness tishovlin   07/21/08 07:10 PM
. * Re: Our Biology Needs Darkness Franklink   07/21/08 10:01 PM
. * Re: Our Biology Needs Darkness David L   07/21/08 11:39 PM
. * Re: Our Biology Needs Darkness csa/montanaModerator   07/23/08 07:50 PM
. * Re: Our Biology Needs Darkness starramus   05/18/08 02:21 PM
. * Re: Our Biology Needs Darkness galaxyman   05/18/08 06:41 PM
. * Re: Our Biology Needs Darkness woodsman   06/15/08 09:21 AM
. * Re: Our Biology Needs Darkness galaxyman   06/15/08 12:09 PM
. * Re: Our Biology Needs Darkness kiwi_canuck   06/15/08 01:16 PM
. * Re: Our Biology Needs Darkness Tony Flanders   06/18/08 10:49 AM
. * Re: Our Biology Needs Darkness Achernar   06/18/08 09:17 PM
. * Re: Our Biology Needs Darkness star drop   06/15/08 08:55 PM
. * Re: Our Biology Needs Darkness Ptarmigan   08/03/08 05:59 PM
. * Re: Our Biology Needs Darkness Franklink   08/10/08 10:53 AM
. * Re: Our Biology Needs Darkness RussL   08/11/08 12:14 AM
. * Re: Our Biology Needs Darkness jmcdonald   08/11/08 05:20 PM
. * Re: Our Biology Needs Darkness Moon Shadow   08/10/08 01:21 PM
. * Re: Our Biology Needs Darkness RussL   08/11/08 12:05 AM
. * Re: Our Biology Needs Darkness RussL   05/18/08 11:07 PM
. * Re: Our Biology Needs Darkness woodsman   06/15/08 09:28 AM
. * Re: Our Biology Needs Darkness RussL   06/15/08 10:20 AM
. * Re: Our Biology Needs Darkness woodsman   06/15/08 10:20 PM
. * Re: Our Biology Needs Darkness RussL   06/19/08 12:07 PM
. * Re: Our Biology Needs Darkness tishovlin   06/17/08 06:45 AM
. * Re: Our Biology Needs Darkness Temp O'Rary   06/17/08 10:37 PM
. * Re: Our Biology Needs Darkness RussL   06/19/08 12:10 PM
. * Re: Amateur Astronomers' Biology Prefers Darkness starramus   05/18/08 02:29 PM
. * Re: Amateur Astronomers' Biology Prefers Darkness galaxyman   05/19/08 12:21 AM
. * Re: Amateur Astronomers' Biology Prefers Darkness Dipole   05/19/08 11:41 AM
. * Re: Our Biology Needs Darkness RussL   05/19/08 12:38 PM
. * Re: Our Biology Needs Darkness Geoff48   07/31/08 10:33 PM
. * Re: Our Biology Needs Darkness RussL   07/31/08 11:08 PM
. * Re: Our Biology Needs Darkness mike174   06/03/08 04:41 PM
. * Re: Our Biology Needs Darkness panhard   06/14/08 08:38 PM
. * Re: Our Biology Needs Darkness csa/montanaModerator   06/03/08 05:03 PM
. * Re: Our Biology Needs Darkness mike174   06/04/08 10:20 PM
. * Re: Our Biology Needs Darkness csa/montanaModerator   06/05/08 10:08 AM
. * Re: Our Biology Needs Darkness RussL   06/03/08 11:20 PM
. * Re: Our Biology Needs Darkness RussL   05/18/08 02:06 PM
. * Re: Our Biology Needs Darkness RussL   05/18/08 01:30 PM
. * Re: Our Biology Needs Darkness nighthawk   05/13/08 04:25 PM

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