by Iliyah | Sep 5, 2019 | Biology, Earth and Environment
Tweet Share 0 Reddit +1 Pocket Pinterest 0 LinkedIn 0 Email VKontakte Fruit flies cause significant annual damage to fruit crops globally by laying their eggs into healthy, living fruit tissue. The difficulty in predicting the attacks and controlling the flies before...
by Iliyah | Sep 5, 2019 | Biology, Earth and Environment
Tweet Share 0 Reddit +1 Pocket Pinterest 0 LinkedIn 0 Email VKontakte As the human population increases, so does the demand for food and fuel. However, suitable land for growing crops is already severely limited, and there is an urgent need to protect remaining...
by Iliyah | Aug 20, 2019 | Earth and Environment
Tweet Share 0 Reddit +1 Pocket Pinterest 0 LinkedIn 0 Email VKontakte Native grasses have great environmental benefits, not least as a food source for a wide variety of butterfly and moth species. However, native grassland habitats are some of the most endangered in...
by Iliyah | Aug 13, 2019 | Biology, Earth and Environment
Tweet Share 0 Reddit +1 Pocket Pinterest 0 LinkedIn 0 Email VKontakte ‘Biological control’ refers to the practice of controlling invasive pest populations by introducing their natural enemies into an ecosystem. Although biological control can reduce reliance on toxic...
by Iliyah | Aug 7, 2019 | Earth and Environment
Tweet Share 0 Reddit +1 Pocket Pinterest 0 LinkedIn 0 Email VKontakte Forest wildfires are increasing in frequency and severity across the globe, and this trend is expected to continue as climate change worsens. However, measuring the impacts of wildfire on forest...
by Iliyah | Jul 31, 2019 | Earth and Environment
Tweet Share 0 Reddit +1 Pocket Pinterest 0 LinkedIn 0 Email VKontakte Net primary productivity, or NPP, refers to the amount of carbon dioxide that plants take in during photosynthesis, minus the amount released during respiration, resulting in final observable...
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