SciShow: Those Pretty Road Medians May Be Bad for Bugs

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Content of the Lesson: SciShow is supported by Brilliant.org. Go to https://Brilliant.org/SciShow to get 20% off of an annual Premium subscription. Cities have been working hard to transform the areas around roads into healthy habitats for important pollinating insects. And these insects seem to love our roadside landscapes, but these areas might also be luring them to their splattery deaths. Hosted by: Michael Aranda SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at http://www.scishowtangents.org ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Kevin Bealer, Jacob, Katie Marie Magnone, Charles Southerland, Eric Jensen, Christopher R Boucher, Alex Hackman, Matt Curls, Adam Brainard, Jeffrey McKishen, Scott Satovsky Jr, James Knight, Sam Buck, Chris Peters, Kevin Carpentier, Patrick D. Ashmore, Piya Shedden, Sam Lutfi, Charles George, Christoph Schwanke, Greg, Lehel Kovacs, Bd_Tmprd ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2012.12.028 https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.13556 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2008.07.026 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-08974-9 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10841-015-9808-z https://doi.org/10.1007/s10841-018-0051-2 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10841-015-9765-6 https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/sites/default/files/microsites/ostp/Pollinator%20Health%20Strategy%202015.pdf https://beeinformed.org/citizen-science/loss-and-management-survey/ https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/publicroads/17sept/01.cfm https://www.environment.fhwa.dot.gov/env_topics/ecosystems/Pollinators_Roadsides/BMPs_pollinators_landscapes.pdf Images: https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/spring-flower-bed-median-strip-and-empty-road-gm1220600073-357476545 https://www.istockphoto.com/vector/honey-splash-and-drops-set-of-labels-vector-illustration-gm1223380734-359339861 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/hong-kong-urban-street-scene-gm1157153933-315648960 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/plants-on-roadside-verge-gm1227074761-361761058 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/gorgeous-butterfly-in-coastal-louisiana-flying-above-pink-yellow-lantana-flowers-gm1183248044-332614832 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/walk-through-a-bavarian-village-with-rapeseed-fields-gm1256847950-368142250 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/dead-bugs-on-a-windshield-gm528430724-92967415 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/road-gm1157979345-316149207 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/high-angle-view-of-the-eastbound-lanes-of-calle-100-in-the-la-castellana-district-of-gm1250524730-364762673 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/semi-truck-on-traffic-roundabout-gm1227462071-362022546 https://www.istockphoto.com/vector/vehicles-on-road-with-traffic-jam-pollution-gm843312438-137824791 https://www.istockphoto.com/vector/set-of-cute-drawn-insects-isolated-on-white-gm165669825-10247847 https://www.istockphoto.com/vector/spring-garden-flowers-vector-with-blooming-grass-border-simple-plant-bouquet-gm1124240571-295039313


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