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Question 1: The name of the disease commonly referred to as “covid” is COVID-19. What does COVID-19 mean? A) COVID-19 stands for the “Coronavirus Disease of 2019” B) COVID-19 is used as the name because it is the 19th recorded form of the Coronavirus disease C) COVID-19 is the name of this disease because itContinue reading “Some Covid Questions for the Public”

The article I chose for the monkey puzzle tree forum was “An overlooked plant-parakeet mutualism counteracts human overharvesting on an endangered tree” by Speziale et al. As suggested by the title, the paper explores a mutualism between the monkey puzzle tree Araucaria Araucana and the Austral parakeet Enicognathus ferrugineus. Specifically, the relationship involves the partialContinue reading “My Article for the Monkey Puzzle Tree Forum”

One of the other movies that I had considered nominating was the movie Wall-E, released in 2008 by Disney. The movie touches on a wide variety of topics discussed within applied plant ecology, like the loss of plant biodiversity/plant extinction crisis caused by human ignorance of the effects of pollution on the environment, and habitatContinue reading “My Other Choice for the Film Festival”

One thing I have learned in class about how to use the internet and about how to get behind paywalls legally was using the sound and moving image libraries to watch documentaries and even movies that often require a fee to watch. Previously, being a science major, I had no idea this existed, perhaps owingContinue reading “Learning About How to Use the Internet”

On one cold, wintery morning I decided to take a trip to the Sound and Moving image library, with the goal of finding a great movie, one that could win the title of “Plant Ecology movie everyone should watch”. I started by typing in “York University Sound and Moving image library” into google. What wasContinue reading “My Visit to the Sound and Moving Image Library”