23 (Unseen) Ways The Modern World Affects Us

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23 (Unseen) Ways The Modern World Affects Us

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Whether you think the modern world is great or terrible, you probably agree that it has some surprising consequences for the planet and its inhabitants. We asked our readers to bring us examples of that, where modern conveniences are having a strange, underreported impact -- for better or for worse.

None of us are willing to turn back the clock, in spite of things like:

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The steam from power plants can create bands of industrial snow. In 2013 the city of Pittsburgh reported up to an inch of snow caused by the steam o

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Highways create genetic barriers in animal populations. In one case, scientists found that two groups of rattlesnakes separated by a road had less in
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