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One of the films that I considered nominating was Annihilation (2018). This science fiction horror was written by Alex Garland, and stars Natalie Portman and Oscar Isaac. I considered this film because I am an avid horror movie buff and I saw this assignment as a challenge to find horror films that directly relate toContinue reading “How the film Annihilation (2018) relates to Applied Plant Ecology”

Ernest Everett Just is an African American biologist and a science and academic writer. He is known for many things but mostly for recognizing the fundamental role of cell surfaces in organism development. Just was born on August 14th of 1883 in Charleston, South Caroline to Charles Frazier Just Jr. and Mary Matthews Just. ForContinue reading “Who was Ernest Everett Just?”

Fisher Stevens’ Before the Flood (2016) was one of my other film nominations as it focused on the irreversible effects of climate change and the actions needed to prevent further catastrophe. Leonardo DiCaprio narrates this beautiful documentary and interviews credible sources such as Piers Sellers (NASA Scientist) and Barack Obama (Former President of the UnitedContinue reading “Before the Flood – Film Nomination”

Sustainable Agriculture is a series of farming methods that are environmentally friendly. They are meant to meet society’s food and textile needs without damaging human or natural systems. There are many ways to increase agriculture sustainability such as devising new and more ethical farming and business practices. Environmentally-friendly farming methods include reducing agricultural runoff (waterContinue reading “An Introduction to Sustainable Agriculture”

Test your knowledge of COVID-19 with these 5 multiple choice questions! What does the “19” in COVID-19 refer to? a. There are 19 ways to contract the virus b. The first discovery of the virus was identified in 2019 c. There are 19 ways to cure the virus d. There are 19 variants of theContinue reading “You think you know COVID?”

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”

Q1) _____ is how effective a vaccine is at preventing disease and potentially reducing its spreading, while in a controlled environment. _______ is how effective the vaccine is at preventing disease and potentially reducing its spreading, while in the real world. Vaccine Effectiveness; Vaccine Effectiveness Vaccine Effectiveness; Vaccine Efficacy Vaccine Efficacy; Vaccine Efficacy Vaccine Efficacy;Continue reading “COVID-19 Multiple Choice Questionnaire”

“Impacts of cattle on the South American temperate forests: Challenges for the conservation of the endangered monkey puzzle tree (Araucaria araucana) in Chile” written by Zamorano-Elgueta et al., was the paper I posted in the Monkey Puzzle tree forum. Zamorano-Elgueta et al., analyzed the relationship between increasing the activity of cattle in South American temperateContinue reading “The Impact of Cattle on the Endangered Monkey Puzzle Tree”

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”