Monday, October 29, 2018

Blog due on 10/31

Keystone species and trophic cascades

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRGg5it5FMI

Yes, its a youtube clip. Please watch the whole thing (only 20 minutes) and post your 3-2-1 reply

Monday, October 22, 2018

blog due on 10/24

Speaking of island biogeography, human population growth, and habitat fragmentation...

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/11/living-on-the-edge/544658/

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Monday, October 15, 2018

Blog due on 10/17

Chytrid Fungus and Frogs:

https://e360.yale.edu/features/quest_to_save_amphibians_climate_change_cascades_drought

optional reading on the 2nd banana extinction: https://www.cnn.com/2015/07/22/africa/banana-panama-disease/index.html

Monday, October 8, 2018

Blog due on 10/10

Invasive species

https://www.environmentalscience.org/invasive-species

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Then watch this short (~3 min) video clip on Lionfish in Florida waters https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzaeYzAC8Ro

Monday, October 1, 2018

Blog due on 10/3

Bees and Man Made Chemicals, 2 short articles

https://www.npr.org/2018/09/25/651618685/study-roundup-weed-killer-could-be-linked-to-widespread-bee-deaths

https://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/13/130510-honeybee-bee-science-european-union-pesticides-colony-collapse-epa-science/

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Blog due 8/31

 How are birds, hotel construction, and coral reefs all linked together? https://e360.yale.edu/features/the_vital_chain_connecting_the_ecosy...