As the Japanese Countryside Empties Out, Wildlife Is Disappearing
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As the Japanese Countryside Empties Out, Wildlife Is Disappearing was first seen on Hacker News · Front page on Nov 6, 2026. Since then it has appeared in 14 checks on 1 different day. Its best position was #15 of 30, reached on Nov 6, 21:37 UTC. It dropped off the list after Nov 6, 23:37 UTC.
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I suspect this is the opposite in areas of the USA that have seen population declines. There is virtually nowhere in the USA in the 2020s that looks like, say, Ogimachi Village. And even in, say, the 1920s, so much forest had been cut for agriculture, logging, mining, and soon thereafter for the first suburbs, that I…
Seems counter-intuitive and definitely warrants research to understand the mechanism. The most unintuitive part being local plants not returning.
I feel like this has been studied before, and lots of times: nature is uncontrolled. Which really leads to constant (like every 10 years or so) disasters of one kind or another (usually an invasive species), destroying plant growth and biodiversity. Humans built systems to prevent all this from happening, 1000s of…
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Is As the Japanese Countryside Empties Out, Wildlife Is Disappearing trending on Hacker News right now?
Not at the moment. It was last on the list on Nov 6, 23:37 UTC, after 1 day of trending.
What is the highest rank As the Japanese Countryside Empties Out, Wildlife Is Disappearing reached?
#15 on Hacker News · Front page, on Nov 6, 21:37 UTC. Trendoday checks this list every 15 minutes.
How long has As the Japanese Countryside Empties Out, Wildlife Is Disappearing been trending?
It was first seen on Nov 6, 2026 and has been on the list on 1 day (14 checks) since.
How much discussion did it get on Hacker News?
15 points and 3 comments; submitted by rdmuser on Nov 6, 2026.