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For the past few years, we have and still is, experiencing a pandemic that is caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Understanding viruses can be daunting but in these times, it’s better to have an understanding of how viruses work than not know anything. Viruses are biological entities that are considered to be neither inanimate norContinue reading “Are Viruses Alive?”

The Monkey Puzzle tree (Araucaria Araucana), also known as Chile pine, is an evergreen conifer tree that is native to the Andes Mountains of South America. It was declared a natural monument in Chile in 1976 to protect it from logging because of its endangered status. The name, Monkey Puzzle tree, was given because ofContinue reading “Monkey Puzzle Tree”

Disney-Pixar’s 2008, Wall-E, is an animated family-friendly film that depicts a dystopian future caused by the loss of plant biodiversity and sustainability. The movie takes place 700 years into the future where humanity has left the barren and deserted Earth that was caused by all the waste left behind. The main character, Wall-E, is aContinue reading “How Wall-E relates to Applied Plant Ecology”

Throughout three years of my university life, I knew that York provides us services for free as students, but I was ignorant that one of their services was free access to movies. I have always thought the types of services offered were strictly school-related such as helping students improve their writing or borrowing laptops toContinue reading “My Visit to the Sound and Moving Image Library”

Tansley’s 1917 paper is about the competition of different soil types between Galium Saxatile L. (G. Hercynicum Weig.) and Galium Sylvestre Poll. (G.Asperum Schreb.). To be more specific, Tansley investigates the plant population distributions between two closely related species to answer the ecological problem of competition between plant species. To find the answer to thisContinue reading “What’s missing from Tansley’s 1917 Paper?”