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One of the papers I read elaborated on the idea of ensuring sustainable agriculture and food security. First, the industrialization of agriculture will not lead to guaranteed safety of output food. Sustainable agriculture should be based on the rational use of urban and natural resources. Currently, we are faced with a rising world population, waterContinue reading “Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security“

This is a summary of the peer-reviewed journal talking about the history and conservation of the monkey puzzle tree. This article describes how the monkey puzzle tree in the northern fringes of the temperate forests of South America has historically been heavily logged and used by humans for its economic value, leading to a significantContinue reading “Monkey Puzzle Tree Article”

I recently read a paper published in my birth year (1999) and found it interesting and meaningful, so I thought I would share it with you. The journal “Responses of Tundra Plants to Experimental Warming: Meta-Analysis of the International Tundra Experiment” talked about how tundra plants responded to warming temperature. In this study, scientists controlledContinue reading “Impacts of Climate Change on Vegetation”

I’m pretty sure there are still many York students who are unaware of the existence of the image and sound library website, as I only found out about it through my professor Dawn Bazely in my final year of study, so I hope that more students will use this blog to go to the siteContinue reading “Experience in Visiting the Image and Sound Library”

Another movie I would like to recommend that is related to applied plant ecology is Princess Mononoke. When I watched this movie as a child, I didn’t fully understand the point the movie was trying to make, and I was scared by some fantastical and scary scenes in the movie. The movie describes a storyContinue reading “The Other Movie I Want to Nominate”