Smog, Lights, and Measles (Again): What's Ruining Our Cities This Week

Smog, Lights, and Measles (Again): What's Ruining Our Cities This Week

Smog dims the city of lights; our streetlamps might be driving away bats; and everyone’s least favorite infectious disease, measles, has popped up in yet another city. It’s all in this week’s all-Gizmodo look at What’s Ruining Our Cities.

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No, Artificial Light Is Not Destroying the Rain Forest (Yet)

No, Artificial Light Is Not Destroying the Rain Forest (Yet)

A disturbing series of headlines made their way around the internet this week. "Artificial Light Is Now Harming Rain Forests," read one at Vice News. Smithsonian went with the more sedate, "Restoring Cut Rainforests Might Not Work Well If There’s Light Pollution Nearby." That’s bad news for rain forests! Except it’s not entirely accurate.

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This Is What Deforestation Looks Like From Space

This Is What Deforestation Looks Like From Space

The city of Boca do Acre is a beautiful place to live, almost completely covered by the Amazon Rainforest—for now. Because you shouldn’t be fooled by the pretty colors in this image: it actually reveals the rapid rate of deforestation in the area.

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12 Years of Deforestation in One Sobering Animation

12 Years of Deforestation in One Sobering Animation

What do you get when Google, the University of Maryland, and NASA’s Landsat 7 satellite team up? A very sobering view of man’s impact on the earth. It only took us 12 years to destroy all that forest.

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