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Still, it seems that technology and urbanization are rapidly outpacing efforts to curb the myopia epidemic, with people spending more and more time inside on their devices.

“Especially with rising urbanization, it makes sense to take a closer look at the coexistence of humans and animals in the city,” says Wolfgang Weisser, Professor of Terrestrial Ecology at TUM.

He described climate change and immigration as parts of the same problem and decried “rampant urbanization and industrialization, ever expanding cities and shrinking forests, a complete removal of man from nature.”

There is little knowledge of local fauna, Rinderknecht remarks, and coastal ecosystems have become a “disaster” due to urbanization.

It is common to hear complaints that hasty urbanization is causing big-city problems — relatively speaking.