He was a quirky one, Earnst Haeckel. He did great work in science. He promoted Darwin’s work in Germany, named thousands of species, and inspired an art movement; but he also came up with some no-so-great thoughts, such as different languages evolved among different species of humans. Yes, you read that right. Haeckel was aContinue reading “ Earnst Haeckel, the guy who coined “Ecology””
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Virtual visit to the Sound and Moving Image library and one film I discovered There
By: Areeba Tahreem “Washed Away” is a documentary produced by Patricio Henriquez. It aims to show the negative ramifications of climate change, as two very different island communities, one in Alaska and one in the South Pacific are under threat from climate change. As global warming causes ocean levels to rise, these islands may beContinue reading “Virtual visit to the Sound and Moving Image library and one film I discovered There”
International United Nations Conventions Relating to Climate Change
By: Areeba Tahreem The article title “GLOBAL ISSUES Climate Change” found on the UN website discusses the detrimental ramifications human actions have had on the environment as well as the United Nations efforts in the preceding years and currently as well to combat this serious matter. There are four subheadings within this article, each ofContinue reading “International United Nations Conventions Relating to Climate Change”
The Difference Between Peer-Reviewed Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary Literature
Primary literature is written information that describes an original research, and is usually written by the individual(s) involved in conducting the research first-hand. In science fields, primary research scientific articles usually have these subsections in the following order: abstract; introduction; methods; results; and conclusion. The abstract, which is sometimes not explicitly titled “abstract” in someContinue reading “The Difference Between Peer-Reviewed Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary Literature”
An Article on the Impacts of Herbivore Populations on Plant Diversity
In BIOL4095 lectures, the detrimental effects that large populations of deer can have on plants were covered.1 In the Habitat restoration lecture led by Dr. Dawn Bazely, she shared with the class the results of her previous scientific experiments. Bazely and her colleagues found that creating physical enclosures in forests where deer populations existContinue reading “An Article on the Impacts of Herbivore Populations on Plant Diversity”
Experience is a Teacher (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia is an online data source. It is where most people can edit and provide information on any topic and most of it all, it is free for all to use and add information. Many times I and other scholars have been told that Wikipedia is an unreliable source for credible information, especially when thisContinue reading “Experience is a Teacher (Wikipedia)”
A Mass Extinction Might be Closer than we Imagined
After watching the documentary titled ” Call of Life: Facing the Mass Extinction” I discovered how much humans are impacting the loss of biodiversity in certain plant and animal species. The documentary mentions that half of Earth’s population and diversity of plants and animals are rapidly declining. Species are becoming extinct as the rate ofContinue reading “A Mass Extinction Might be Closer than we Imagined”
The Effect of Plant Development on Arthropod Communities and the Impacts of Species Removal
Trees can develop to maturation and senescence. Maturation of trees is irreversible while senescence is reversible whether through asexual reproduction or other growth factors. Insects can respond to these developmental changes of plants, which can affect their community structure. For example, in the article by Whitman and Waltz, it was said that cotton woods canContinue reading “The Effect of Plant Development on Arthropod Communities and the Impacts of Species Removal”
Applied Plant Ecology Winter 2020 