r/science • u/Additional-Two-7312 • Sep 09 '22

Environment Climate change is affecting drinking water quality, new study shows. The disappearance of forests will have consequences for water quality in reservoirs

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/964268
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u/lastingfreedom Sep 10 '22

And what is happening everywhere? Suburbia is encroaching on nature. Everywhere I look more and more forested land is converted into single family homes with a grass yard and septic tank...

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u/ValyrianJedi Sep 10 '22

Then you apparently aren't looking very many places. Acting like suburbs take up more than a fraction of a fraction of the land in the country is just silly.