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For a long time, we have been seeing white males getting recognized for their research, even if they have stolen the findings from other researchers and scientists (most of the times from women). Why is this? Why did we see only males going to university? Why did we only see male professors? Why was thereContinue reading “#WomenInSTEM – Carrie Derick: Canada’s First Female Professor”

On September 14th, 1769 Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander Von Humboldt was born and lived for 90 years until his passing on May 6th, 1859. Born into a wealthy Prussian aristocratic family, Humboldt was able to fund his explorations through Europe, South America and North America, where he collected numerous amounts of data that has contributedContinue reading “The Father of Ecology”

For many years we have produced majority of our food through Industrial Agriculture. Industrial Agriculture can be defined as a system dominated by large farms growing the same crops every…single…year. They use a massive amount of chemical pesticides and fertilizers that damages the soil, water, air, and climate. With the damage it has caused weContinue reading “Sustainable Agriculture and Local Food Security”

 In 1917, Arthur Tansley published a paper entitled “On competition between Galium saxatile L. (G. hercynicum Weig.) and Galium Sylvestre Poll. (G. asperum Schreb.) on different types of soil” in the Journal of Plant Ecology. In his paper, he argued that Galium Sylvestre germinates on calcareous sandy soil and acid peat while Galium saxatile growsContinue reading “Tansley’s 1917 – What’s Missing & Why”

The differences between primary, secondary and tertiary sources originate from the phenomenon of the created information or the original event. Primary sources are those that are created very close to the original phenomenon or event like a photograph of an event. It may be created at the time of the occurrence of an event suchContinue reading “Peer-Reviewed, Secondary, Tertiary Literature… Whats the difference?”

The United Nations (UN) recently reported about nature’s dangerous decline and its accelerating extinction rate on the report from the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES). I personally, took an interest on this document I found on the UN website because I truly believe that biodiversity is being lost right before ourContinue reading “UN Article-IPBES Report: Biodiversity and Extinction”

Air pollution is a major contributor to climate change by increasing the carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide and super pollutants in our atmosphere. It has already begun and will continue to impact our planet with wildfires, loss of biodiversity, sea level rise and health risks. United Nations presents a recent results conducted illustrating the effects ofContinue reading “UN Article: Air Pollution’s Effects on Vegetation”

Charles Darwin was born on February 12, 1809, and died on April 19, 1882. He was an English geologist, naturalist and a biologist and he is highly known for his science of evolution through natural selection. Charles Darwin was the second born of six siblings, and he was a child of privilege who highly adoredContinue reading “Tales Of A White Man – Charles Darwin”

By, Syed Hussain “Wetland “ by David Heiserman is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 For my first blog I thought it might be a good idea to write on the pressing matter of climate change. More specifically I will be discussing the findings from a paper talking about the impacts of climate change on Wetlands,Continue reading “Effect of Climate Change on Wetlands”