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| May 15, 2019 at 4:35 | comment | added | Barry Harrison | @Tor-EinarJarnbjo Yes good point. Regardless, I am interested in whether heroRATS specifically are this effective at the task of clearing landmines. 100,000 does sound like a large number (even though, as you said, "It is estimated that currently, more than 100 million land mines render about 25.000km² of land useless.") Thanks for the thoughts! | |
| May 14, 2019 at 16:43 | comment | added | Tor-Einar Jarnbjo | It is perhaps worth noticing that these numbers are not particularly high and just a drop in the ocean when compared to the global impact by land mines. It is estimated that currently, more than 100 million land mines render about 25.000km² of land useless and about 2 million new land mines are laid every year. If the rats have found 100.000 land mines and cleared about 22km² of land in 20 years, it is barely noticeable in a global perspective. | |
| May 14, 2019 at 0:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackSkeptic/status/1128087698873384960 | ||
| May 11, 2019 at 21:53 | history | edited | Barry Harrison | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| May 11, 2019 at 21:47 | answer | added | Laurel | timeline score: 7 | |
| May 11, 2019 at 18:25 | comment | added | Barry Harrison | @Fizz Thanks for the link! I don't think either number is cited, but I may have missed something. Of course, you can use the references from Wikipedia in your answer. | |
| May 11, 2019 at 16:30 | comment | added | days of love iff good genes | en.wikipedia.org/wiki/APOPO#Detecting_landmines | |
| May 11, 2019 at 7:24 | comment | added | Barry Harrison | Please re-tag, etc. I don't really like the "war" tag on here. Thanks! | |
| May 11, 2019 at 7:24 | history | asked | Barry Harrison | CC BY-SA 4.0 |