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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”

Which of the following is proper PPE (personal protective equipment)? Bandana Cloth face mask KN95 face mask Lifting your shirt to cover your mouth What is COVID 19? A bacteria A virus A boy band A type of cancer How is COVID 19 spread? Looking people in the eyes Mosquito bites Water droplets from anContinue reading “COVID 19 Quiz”

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”

Peer-reviewed primary literature in the sciences is generally new, original research and scientific discoveries. It will often be the immediate results of one’s research and will include analysis of the data that has been collected. Primary literature will often have an abstract, an introduction, a methods or materials and methods, a results, a discussion, aContinue reading “Different Kinds of Literature”

Adrienne Clarke was born in 1938 in Australia and spent the majority of her life as a Professor of Botany at the University of Melbourne. Having grown up in the mid-20th century and entering a predominantly male dominated field, she experienced sexism at the hands of her peers. In that day and age, woman scientistsContinue reading “Adrienne Clarke”

The 2012 film The Lorax is a movie about the exploitation of natural resources. It tells the story of a young boy names Ted who sets out to find a real tree. In his search, he discovers that the land he lives in was once bountiful and resource rich until one day human greed tookContinue reading “The Lorax”

I never knew how many different websites we had access to as York University students until I discovered the Sound and Moving Image library (SMIL). The Sound and Moving Image library is one of the many resources available to students, encouraging us to broaden our horizons and discover new things like documentaries, films and more.Continue reading “The Sound and Moving Image library”

Sars-CoV-2 has been bullying us for about two years now, so it makes sense that my blog posts have so far been very COVID-centric. As a result I’ve been looking to study viruses and how they work quite a bit. Specifically here I will be comparing viruses to that of invasive species, and how theirContinue reading “Invasive Viruses”