Which means that you might just as well set sail in search of an eighth continent as try to find a sphere of humanactivity unchartered in the blogosphere.
The Report gives a new perspective on the importance of engineering to development and is intended as a platform for better understanding of engineering, an extraordinarily diverse and pervasive activity that has been central to human progress since the invention of the wheel.
"If you wanted to create a perfect storm for biological invasion, you would do what the energy companies are doing in north-central Pennsylvania, " said Kevin Heatley, an ecologist with the national firm Biohabitats who works to restore areas that have been damaged by humanactivity.