https://www.globalchangeandthelivingworld.com/our-editors daily 0.75 2021-06-11 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e20c55e72376f50f943def7/t/60130641f33eb710f87809d3/1611859526638/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-01-28%2Bat%2B1.20.55%2BPM.jpg Editors - Priya Roy Chowdhury Dr. Roy Chowdhury is an evolutionary ecologist interested in understanding the mechanisms underlying species’ responses to rapid human-induced environmental changes. As a Principal Investigator at Keene State College, her lab looks at changes at various levels of the biological hierarchy in response to Arsenic toxicity, Phosphorus enrichment and temperature elevation. Particularly studying these changes in the model organisms Daphnia. Currently, her lab is also interested in understanding changes in microbial populations in response to aqua cultural practices in coastal estuaries. “As an evolutionary ecologist, I am interested in understanding how human-induced climate changes impacts the biotic world. In my opinion, this is extremely important to know as every living organism is connected to one another and is an essential part of the whole system. So, if one is affected, it influences the balance which in turn can affect us – the humans. We also have a moral obligation to know and protect organisms that are unable to help themselves in response to changes that we created in the world that we share with them. Through this website, we hope to share some of these stories to the world, so we can bring more awareness to this topic that is often overlooked.” https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e20c55e72376f50f943def7/t/60c3aca8bdd4646f8281b5fe/1623436516863/tempImagedAYUBE.gif Editors - Emilyann Ashford Emilyann Ashford is a Senior Biology major and Chemistry Minor at Keene State College hoping to pursue a PhD in Cancer Biology in the near future. She currently is working in the Roy Chowdhury Lab performing research on many environmental stressors present in todays changing world, and how they affect the model organism Daphnia. When she is not in the lab, she can be found playing Division Three volleyball for the college or studying. “Global Change is very important to me, because I love traveling and seeing all of the nature around me. Unfortunately, various anthropogenic pressures are endangering many of the key wildlife in our ecosystems and in turn endangering beautiful places like the Amazon Rainforest. I hope that by educating the public, we can work as a team to take on the responsibility of conserving our precious ecosystems one day at a time.” https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e20c55e72376f50f943def7/t/601301e719bdd473ad669ff4/1611858461608/Screen+Shot+2021-01-28+at+1.26.34+PM.png Editors - Our Editors & why global change is important to us… https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e20c55e72376f50f943def7/t/60130019a5e1813817acdeb2/1611858600266/Screen+Shot+2021-01-28+at+1.18.57+PM.png Editors - Autumn Berlied Autumn Berlied is a biology major at Keene State College. She has been performing research in the Roy Chowdhury Lab since Spring 2019. Upon graduation, she plans on going to graduate school for immunology or microbiology. Autumn loves math, YouTube, and rollerskating. She hopes to integrate love and acceptance with science. Autumn goes to Germany yearly and is open to working/attending school in Germany, as well as deepening her understanding of the language. “Global Change is an important topic to me because I care about my planet and its living beings. I feel a responsibility to this world to acknowledge the damage humanity has caused and to present ways on how to minimize future damage. I believe in Climate Change; I believe in science” https://www.globalchangeandthelivingworld.com/blog daily 0.75 2021-07-09 https://www.globalchangeandthelivingworld.com/blog/monarchbutterflies monthly 0.5 2021-02-27 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e20c55e72376f50f943def7/t/601325a41bf0645194b4eff6/1614453396717/malebutt.png Blog - How Anthropogenic Climate Change Can Harm Our Friends, the Monarch Butterfly Figure 5: A male monarch butterfly on a red flower (11). https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e20c55e72376f50f943def7/t/6013243c19bdd473ad6b0de4/1614453429866/roosting.png Blog - How Anthropogenic Climate Change Can Harm Our Friends, the Monarch Butterfly Figure 3: Monarch butterflies roosting on a tree (5). https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e20c55e72376f50f943def7/t/60132149abd84b041a8bcb08/1614453466466/bitterfly.png Blog - How Anthropogenic Climate Change Can Harm Our Friends, the Monarch Butterfly Figure 1: a monarch butterfly sitting on a flower (10). Credit: https://butterfly-conservation.org/butterflies/monarch. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e20c55e72376f50f943def7/t/601323b1deb85d2c259a5a9a/1614453448942/migration+patterns.png Blog - How Anthropogenic Climate Change Can Harm Our Friends, the Monarch Butterfly Figure 2: Migration patterns of the monarch butterfly (9). Image from the Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey and website. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e20c55e72376f50f943def7/t/60132511d3cd9c48c64bc6b7/1614453415019/antanae.png Blog - How Anthropogenic Climate Change Can Harm Our Friends, the Monarch Butterfly Figure 4: This image shows (6) A. the general direction of spring northern migration in monarch butterflies, red dots show orientation collected from remigration in 2011, and the grey dots represent that information from 2012. B. shows scattered and not clearly orientated directionality for remigration in butterflies that had both antennas amputated. C. shows similar data to that in A, but this is for butterflies which have only one of their antennas, left or right is not a factor that matters (7). https://www.globalchangeandthelivingworld.com/blog/what-does-it-mean-to-have-a-world-without-frogs monthly 0.5 2021-02-27 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e20c55e72376f50f943def7/t/6013373c5a92973b576d2f40/1614453582258/ribbit.png Blog - What Does it Mean to Have a World Without Frogs? Figure 1. This is an Ecnomiohyla rabborum in the forest canopy of central Panama (3). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecnomiohyla_rabborum https://www.globalchangeandthelivingworld.com/blog/could-climate-change-affect-your-local-forest monthly 0.5 2021-02-27 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e20c55e72376f50f943def7/t/601343a177e7b3366fbdfee2/1611875506128/Picture2.png Blog - Could Climate Change Affect Your Local Forest? 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Garlic Mustard in the first season rosette stage, Source: Audrey Kaiser (5). https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e20c55e72376f50f943def7/t/60134567a0d7195b7bed033f/1614454246295/pix.png Blog - Could Climate Change Affect Your Local Forest? Garlic Mustard in the Second season Mature stage. Source; Pixabay https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e20c55e72376f50f943def7/t/601345ff275b730aa15a4253/1614454339415/Picture1.png Blog - Could Climate Change Affect Your Local Forest? Figure 2: Current distribution of garlic mustard in the U.S. Source: EDDMapS. 2020. Early Detection & Distribution Mapping System. The University of Georgia - Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health. https://www.globalchangeandthelivingworld.com/blog/stressed-hungry-and-disappearing-the-life-of-a-koala monthly 0.5 2021-02-27 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e20c55e72376f50f943def7/t/6014653d55b13a365359b155/1614454567850/ljh.png Blog - Stressed, Hungry, and Disappearing, The Life of a Koala Figure 2: Illustrations of the predictions for diminishing koala habitats over the next 50 years. (source: insideclimatenews.org) https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e20c55e72376f50f943def7/t/601464ff5e64c93bce70a453/1614454553564/koals.png Blog - Stressed, Hungry, and Disappearing, The Life of a Koala Figure 1: Koala hanging out on a branch (source: "Koala" by degasi39 is licensed under CC BY-ND 2.0) https://www.globalchangeandthelivingworld.com/blog/effects-of-rising-temperatures-on-sugar-maple-tree-sap-production-for-the-maple-syrup-industry monthly 0.5 2021-02-27 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e20c55e72376f50f943def7/t/60147352117829317cca0c3c/1611952997063/ Blog - Effects of Rising Temperatures On Sugar Maple Tree Sap Production For The Maple Syrup Industry - Effects of Rising Temperatures On Sugar Maple Tree Sap Production For The Maple Syrup Industry Author: Peyton Kopp, Edited By: Autumn Berlied https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e20c55e72376f50f943def7/t/60147bf1117829317ccb1836/1611955221460/Picture1.png Blog - Effects of Rising Temperatures On Sugar Maple Tree Sap Production For The Maple Syrup Industry Figure 7: Diagram showing the believed mechanism of how Ca loss in the soil, a proposed result of increased acid rain, would lead to loss/decline of sugar maple trees (9). https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e20c55e72376f50f943def7/t/601478cd0aecd3406addb0c2/1611954410536/Picture1.png Blog - Effects of Rising Temperatures On Sugar Maple Tree Sap Production For The Maple Syrup Industry Figure 8: maple syrup farm in New England U.S. fixing buckets to trees in preparation of the upcoming tapping season. https://civileats.com/2019/04/03/could-maple-syrup-be-a-climate-change-solution/ https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e20c55e72376f50f943def7/t/601476207c0933603381138a/1611953706864/man.png Blog - Effects of Rising Temperatures On Sugar Maple Tree Sap Production For The Maple Syrup Industry Figure 4: showing on of the many ecosystem services provided by the sugar maple tree: Maple Syrup production as a provisional service. https://www.thoughtco.com/maple-sap-and-syrup-production-1342654 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e20c55e72376f50f943def7/t/60147b92c5980d1f0fc974ac/1611955121469/Picture1.png Blog - Effects of Rising Temperatures On Sugar Maple Tree Sap Production For The Maple Syrup Industry Figure 10: Image showing industrial productions’ negative effects on releasing burning fossil fuels and greenhouse gasses into the environment. https://www.raconteur.net/technology/industrial-iot-climate-change https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e20c55e72376f50f943def7/t/6014772720f26c44eb2a932f/1611954012688/Picture1.png Blog - Effects of Rising Temperatures On Sugar Maple Tree Sap Production For The Maple Syrup Industry Figure 6: Spout placed into the trunk of a maple tree with a collection bucket fixed below for the sap flow collection process. https://www.farmandfleet.com/blog/how-to-tap-maple-trees/ https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e20c55e72376f50f943def7/t/601474dfe4fccc6a27a7a844/1611953404125/figure.png Blog - Effects of Rising Temperatures On Sugar Maple Tree Sap Production For The Maple Syrup Industry Figure 2: Shows the direct relationship between CO2 emission increase and rising temperature from 1880-2017. This trend is expected to continue to grow in the future https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e20c55e72376f50f943def7/t/6014784fc9e1d80738c80ee0/1611954288374/Picture1.png Blog - Effects of Rising Temperatures On Sugar Maple Tree Sap Production For The Maple Syrup Industry Figure 7: Maple syrup produced in Canada. This shows the different coloration of the maple syrup that is used to distinguish between “grade” or syrup. https://ccsearch.creativecommons.org/photos/4e2e0430-c796-4495-8f84-3f8cb728fec3 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e20c55e72376f50f943def7/t/601476e5f3dca34705341b9d/1611953906145/Picture1.png Blog - Effects of Rising Temperatures On Sugar Maple Tree Sap Production For The Maple Syrup Industry Figure 5: the historical range of the sugar maple range in 1950-1999 next to an image of the projected range for the end on the century 2090-2099 (10). https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e20c55e72376f50f943def7/t/60147ad20d28cd49fd19e67d/1611954907178/Picture1.png Blog - Effects of Rising Temperatures On Sugar Maple Tree Sap Production For The Maple Syrup Industry Figure 9: Graph depicting the current negative linear relationship between the previous growing season mean temperature and sap sugar content (10). https://www.globalchangeandthelivingworld.com/blog/are-moose-populations-in-the-united-states-on-the-decline monthly 0.5 2021-02-27 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e20c55e72376f50f943def7/t/6019cc36d19308095350e4e6/1612983312070/Screen+Shot+2021-02-02+at+5.02.49+PM.png Blog - Are Moose Populations in the United States on the Decline? Figure 3: Decline of moose populations in New Hampshire from 1994-2016. Moose on the Decline in N.H. by New Hampshire Fish & Game Department https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e20c55e72376f50f943def7/t/6019cc51a1f4316bfb0a4138/1612303578542/Screen+Shot+2021-02-02+at+5.02.17+PM.png Blog - Are Moose Populations in the United States on the Decline? Figure 4: Decline in moose populations in Michigan from 1960-2005. Moose Population, 1960-2005 by Massachusetts Department of Education https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e20c55e72376f50f943def7/t/6019cae57d353c19b8400501/1612985036996/moose-sweden-forest-preview.jpg Blog - Are Moose Populations in the United States on the Decline? Figure 1: Adult American Moose walking in the woods. Gray and Brown Moose Standing on Brown Tree Branches by PickPik https://www.globalchangeandthelivingworld.com/blog/can-arctic-seals-survive-this-century monthly 0.5 2021-02-27 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e20c55e72376f50f943def7/t/6019cff1daccd83ba9f87e3e/1612304506208/harp-seal_200-623x200.jpg Blog - Can Arctic Seals Survive This Century? Figure 1. A seal taking care of its premature pup on the one-year sea ice (3). https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e20c55e72376f50f943def7/t/6019cf3834d2dc4e3c4536b9/1612304492516/Screen+Shot+2021-02-02+at+5.16.10+PM.png Blog - Can Arctic Seals Survive This Century? Figure 2. A seal in its lair, protecting its premature pup from predators (4). https://www.globalchangeandthelivingworld.com/blog/the-fate-of-the-everglades-needs-source-for-epa-2009 monthly 0.5 2021-02-27 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e20c55e72376f50f943def7/t/6019d410df68770e553c2ab1/1612983804844/swamp-2248571_1920.jpg Blog - The Fate of the Everglades Figure 2: Satellite View of Everglades https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e20c55e72376f50f943def7/t/6019d463db319f5cd1468a11/1612305533090/shield-4414120_1280.jpg Blog - The Fate of the Everglades Figure 1: Everglades National Park Sign https://www.globalchangeandthelivingworld.com/blog/ever-seen-a-grizzly-bear-well-one-might-be-coming-to-a-doorstep-near-you-1 monthly 0.5 2021-02-27 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e20c55e72376f50f943def7/t/603a93355e1da817afc11f5d/1614451531620/BearPhoto1blogs.jpg Blog - Ever seen a grizzly bear? Well, one might be coming to a doorstep near you. 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Credit:Shane Gross https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e20c55e72376f50f943def7/t/603a95b36822245313e82f37/1614452158496/Screen+Shot+2021-02-27+at+1.55.31+PM.png Blog - Encroachment of Seagrass Meadow Leads to Home Loss Figure 2: An anchored boat and fishing net. Fishing nets and anchors can slash seagrass and wound them, but the minor wounds can heal as long as they make food from the sunlight. Credit: Illustration https://www.globalchangeandthelivingworld.com/blog/hurricane-risks-to-manatees monthly 0.5 2021-02-27 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e20c55e72376f50f943def7/t/603a98f795e5346643b0fc78/1614452992837/Screen+Shot+2021-02-27+at+2.09.27+PM.png Blog - Hurricane Risks to Manatees Figure 3: Map of the Florida manatee’s range spanning from the east coast all the way down to Brazil depending on the temperature. Taken from Jane Cooke, USFWS. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e20c55e72376f50f943def7/t/603a9911db382227fb6467fc/1614453036073/Screen+Shot+2021-02-27+at+2.09.57+PM.png Blog - Hurricane Risks to Manatees Figure 4: Table showing the estimated survival rates of manatees during years with major storms of category 3 or 4 from the Langtimm and Beck Study. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e20c55e72376f50f943def7/t/603a992f3d06494e3ace1b96/1614453048882/Screen+Shot+2021-02-27+at+2.10.26+PM.png Blog - Hurricane Risks to Manatees Figure 5. Photograph of red tide after a storm taken from a helicopter by P. Alejandro Diaz. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e20c55e72376f50f943def7/t/603a98d667a1a425dcc70c71/1614452960056/Screen+Shot+2021-02-27+at+2.08.54+PM.png Blog - Hurricane Risks to Manatees Figure 2: Image of the endangered Florida Manatee in the wild by Keith Ramos. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e20c55e72376f50f943def7/t/603a98a58946b51eb2cfeec5/1614452918340/Screen+Shot+2021-02-27+at+2.08.06+PM.png Blog - Hurricane Risks to Manatees Figure 1. Graph by NOAA showing the number of storms per 100 years and when they peak in early fall. https://www.globalchangeandthelivingworld.com/blog/the-plight-of-the-piping-plover-how-climate-change-affects-shorebirds monthly 0.5 2021-03-18 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e20c55e72376f50f943def7/t/60539810e1284366a9b24fe0/1616091168934/Screen+Shot+2021-03-18+at+2.12.16+PM.png Blog - The Plight of the Piping Plover: How Climate Change affects shorebirds? Figure 2: The Piping Plovers on the beach (Source: https://pixnio.com/fauna-animals/birds/plover-birds-pictures/piping-plover/piping-plovers-eating-on-the-beach) https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e20c55e72376f50f943def7/t/60539847a4f3bb5e180c694e/1616091222966/Screen+Shot+2021-03-18+at+2.13.17+PM.png Blog - The Plight of the Piping Plover: How Climate Change affects shorebirds? Figure 3: Known Piping plover populations in U.S and Canada: Northern Great Plains (yellow), Great Lakes (red), Atlantic Coast (green), and wintering range for all populations (blue). Source: U.S Fish and Wildlife Service https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e20c55e72376f50f943def7/t/605397d5e2691b699ce74d43/1616091107724/Screen+Shot+2021-03-18+at+2.11.21+PM.png Blog - The Plight of the Piping Plover: How Climate Change affects shorebirds? Figure 1: The Piping Plover Bird (Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Piping_plover.jpg) https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e20c55e72376f50f943def7/t/6053990f9c055c44d89331a8/1616091412347/Screen+Shot+2021-03-18+at+2.16.39+PM.png Blog - The Plight of the Piping Plover: How Climate Change affects shorebirds? Figure 4: Beach closure sign to protect endangered Piping plover nesting habitat. Source: U.S Fish and Wildlife Service Midwest on Flickr https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e20c55e72376f50f943def7/t/6053989d03533a541567eb0a/1616091301826/Screen+Shot+2021-03-18+at+2.14.40+PM.png Blog - The Plight of the Piping Plover: How Climate Change affects shorebirds? Figure 3: A newly hatched Piping plover chick asleep with its unhatched siblings in an open, sandy nesting site. Source: National Parks Service https://www.globalchangeandthelivingworld.com/blog/will-tropical-food-webs-collapse-without-the-survival-of-the-fig-wasps monthly 0.5 2021-03-18 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e20c55e72376f50f943def7/t/60539c3d440e00445e235911/1616092233657/Screen+Shot+2021-03-18+at+2.21.39+PM.png Blog - Will tropical food webs collapse without the survival of the fig wasps? Figure 1. Fig Wasp (Blastophaga psenes) credit: Alchetron.com https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e20c55e72376f50f943def7/t/60539b3ad30ce66a35b016ca/1616091971326/Screen+Shot+2021-03-18+at+2.25.51+PM.png Blog - Will tropical food webs collapse without the survival of the fig wasps? Figure 3. Fig Inside-out Inflorescence Credit: www2.palomar.edu https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e20c55e72376f50f943def7/t/60539bb6982fc75786614add/1616092099512/Screen+Shot+2021-03-18+at+2.27.55+PM.png Blog - Will tropical food webs collapse without the survival of the fig wasps? Figure 5. Grey hornbill feeding on figs in India. Image by Anil Mahajan via Wikimedia Commons https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e20c55e72376f50f943def7/t/60539add58859a044fd71c57/1616091879925/Screen+Shot+2021-03-18+at+2.24.20+PM.png Blog - Will tropical food webs collapse without the survival of the fig wasps? Figure 2. Wild Fig fruit credit: Singapore Plants https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e20c55e72376f50f943def7/t/60539b98c4db3c3703b8ae02/1616092063802/Screen+Shot+2021-03-18+at+2.27.25+PM.png Blog - Will tropical food webs collapse without the survival of the fig wasps? Figure 4. Life Span of Fig Wasps duration verses Temperature (Jevanandum et al., 2013) https://www.globalchangeandthelivingworld.com/blog/right-whale-extinction-predicted-by-2050 monthly 0.5 2021-03-18 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e20c55e72376f50f943def7/t/60539d3c4ac0744b26198ccc/1616092482096/Screen+Shot+2021-03-18+at+2.34.24+PM.png Blog - Right Whale Extinction Predicted by 2050 Figure 2. Number of calves born (light blue) compared to known reproductive females available to calve (dark blue). The orange line is the percentage of females available to calve that gave birth from 2009 to 2019. Data from the 2019 NARWC Report Card. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e20c55e72376f50f943def7/t/60539e04e2691b699ce829d7/1616092684443/Screen+Shot+2021-03-18+at+2.37.44+PM.png Blog - Right Whale Extinction Predicted by 2050 Figure 5. Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) credit: R. Curry, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e20c55e72376f50f943def7/t/60539d71b5792e1384248ecd/1616092537164/Screen+Shot+2021-03-18+at+2.35.15+PM.png Blog - Right Whale Extinction Predicted by 2050 Figure 3. Bottom temperatures for the second half of 2018 in the Gulf of Maine (Source: noaa.gov). These time series plots contain the linear trend shown in red with an indication of the significance of the trend in the title and a change point indicator shown in blue. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e20c55e72376f50f943def7/t/60539d1003533a5415687fc4/1616092439620/Screen+Shot+2021-03-18+at+2.33.40+PM.png Blog - Right Whale Extinction Predicted by 2050 Figure 1: The Majestic North Atlantic Right Whale. Photo Credit: Brian J Skerry, National Geographic https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e20c55e72376f50f943def7/t/60539db658859a044fd769c6/1616092607715/Screen+Shot+2021-03-18+at+2.36.24+PM.png Blog - Right Whale Extinction Predicted by 2050 Figure 4. 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Figure 3: Polar Bears are the most vulnerable to these thinning glaciers (Source: Creative Commons) https://www.globalchangeandthelivingworld.com/blog/the-effects-of-climate-change-on-the-south-african-quiver-tree monthly 0.5 2021-03-19 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e20c55e72376f50f943def7/t/6054ca63be552c6c192cfea2/1616169578207/Screen+Shot+2021-03-19+at+11.59.19+AM.png Blog - The Effects of Climate Change on the South African Quiver Tree https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e20c55e72376f50f943def7/t/6054c8d5dc280f6b9cb0f021/1616169183535/Screen+Shot+2021-03-19+at+11.52.34+AM.png Blog - The Effects of Climate Change on the South African Quiver Tree Figure 1: The South African Biodiversity (Source: Unknown) https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e20c55e72376f50f943def7/t/6054cb5bffbab81e3a0dead6/1616169821319/Screen+Shot+2021-03-19+at+12.03.26+PM.png Blog - The Effects of Climate Change on the South African Quiver Tree https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e20c55e72376f50f943def7/t/6054cb7ac114dc6b19be2f06/1616169857283/Screen+Shot+2021-03-19+at+12.04.00+PM.png Blog - The Effects of Climate Change on the South African Quiver Tree Source: Wikipedia Commons https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e20c55e72376f50f943def7/t/6054c90f2e51e91c380e4cdf/1616169240198/Screen+Shot+2021-03-19+at+11.53.41+AM.png Blog - The Effects of Climate Change on the South African Quiver Tree Figure 2: The Succulent Karoo Biome (Source: Wikipedia Commons) https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e20c55e72376f50f943def7/t/6054ca91827df34f3a010c4d/1616169634549/Screen+Shot+2021-03-19+at+12.00.06+PM.png Blog - The Effects of Climate Change on the South African Quiver Tree Figure 3: The Quiver Tree (Source: Wikipedia Commons) https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e20c55e72376f50f943def7/t/6054cad7c4c63e5521cde715/1616169697264/Screen+Shot+2021-03-19+at+12.01.09+PM.png Blog - The Effects of Climate Change on the South African Quiver Tree Figure 4: The flowers of Quiver Tree (Source: Wikipedia Commons) https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e20c55e72376f50f943def7/t/6054cb21c4c63e5521cdf08f/1616169768782/Screen+Shot+2021-03-19+at+12.02.27+PM.png Blog - The Effects of Climate Change on the South African Quiver Tree Figure 6: Average rainfall in South Africa from 2006-2007. Same time frame involved with the study showing more juvenile Quiver Trees growing due to increased rainfall. Source: http://www.scielo.org.za/img/revistas/sajs/v112n11-12/19f05.jpg https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e20c55e72376f50f943def7/t/6054caf66aedc50b48e0732c/1616169733788/Screen+Shot+2021-03-19+at+12.01.46+PM.png Blog - The Effects of Climate Change on the South African Quiver Tree Figure 5: Projected climate change in southern Africa in (A) temperature and (B) precipitation for 2050 (9) https://www.globalchangeandthelivingworld.com/blog/increased-infectious-disease-distribution-and-prevalence-due-to-climate-change monthly 0.5 2021-06-10 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e20c55e72376f50f943def7/t/60c298c5a00c904cb12bbdd2/1623365841587/Screen+Shot+2021-06-10+at+6.57.07+PM.png Blog - Increased Infectious Disease Distribution and Prevalence due to Climate Change - Make it stand out Table 1. List of some Vector-borne diseases, with their vector and type of pathogen shown (9). https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e20c55e72376f50f943def7/t/60c299942e87214f8744c9f8/1623366298828/Screen+Shot+2021-06-10+at+7.00.34+PM.png Blog - Increased Infectious Disease Distribution and Prevalence due to Climate Change - Make it stand out Figure 5. Number of Cholera cases per week compared to rainfall, temperature, and river levels (5). https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e20c55e72376f50f943def7/t/60c2990d358f6c1bb0d94370/1623366257324/Screen+Shot+2021-06-10+at+6.58.19+PM.png Blog - Increased Infectious Disease Distribution and Prevalence due to Climate Change - Make it stand out Figure 2. Scatterplot with Linear regressions outlining the effects of: a) total rainfall from November to March on delta log case numbers of Malaria and b) mean average temperature from January to October on delta log case numbers of Malaria (1). https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e20c55e72376f50f943def7/t/60c2993dce2ea26a035022bb/1623366261256/Screen+Shot+2021-06-10+at+6.59.07+PM.png Blog - Increased Infectious Disease Distribution and Prevalence due to Climate Change - Make it stand out Figure 3. World map of current distribution of Dengue fever, with affected areas shown in green (4). https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e20c55e72376f50f943def7/t/60c2986af6c264042ed82266/1623365749232/Screen+Shot+2021-06-10+at+6.55.34+PM.png Blog - Increased Infectious Disease Distribution and Prevalence due to Climate Change - Make it stand out Figure 1. Photo of Elephantiasis on right leg, with illustration of filial worm causing this disease in bubble. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e20c55e72376f50f943def7/t/60c299543f9958738383718e/1623366265098/Screen+Shot+2021-06-10+at+6.59.30+PM.png Blog - Increased Infectious Disease Distribution and Prevalence due to Climate Change - Make it stand out Figure 3. Two world maps, in A) 1990, and B) 2085 showing projected probability of Dengue Transmission, with colors ranging from least likely in purple, to most likely in red (4). https://www.globalchangeandthelivingworld.com/blog/zombie-pathogens monthly 0.5 2021-06-10 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e20c55e72376f50f943def7/t/60c29dab2e87214f87452459/1623367302253/Screen+Shot+2021-06-10+at+7.18.01+PM.png Blog - Zombie Pathogens! - Make it stand out Figure 2. Mean annual permafrost temperatures from 1978 – 2016. The colors and numbers of graph A show the distinct location of temperature collection. Graph b shows the corresponding temperature changes at that location. Source https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e20c55e72376f50f943def7/t/60c29e6a60772961b83181aa/1623367293434/Screen+Shot+2021-06-10+at+7.20.15+PM.png Blog - Zombie Pathogens! - Make it stand out Figure 3. Pithovirus sibericum, the virus that was revived in a laboratory in France Source https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e20c55e72376f50f943def7/t/60c29ce7682d932961ec966c/1623367310026/Screen+Shot+2021-06-10+at+7.14.45+PM.png Blog - Zombie Pathogens! - Make it stand out Figure 1. Permafrost map of the North and South Pole Source https://www.globalchangeandthelivingworld.com/blog/climate-change-is-affecting-plant-insect-interactions monthly 0.5 2021-06-11 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e20c55e72376f50f943def7/t/60c3a4cbf536493aec7dbd69/1623434456098/Screen+Shot+2021-06-11+at+2.00.40+PM.png Blog - Climate Change is Affecting Plant-Insect Interactions - Make it stand out The figure above depicts the loss in species richness from 1950-2000 (present) and 2051-2080 (future) of the tiger moth in the Atlantic Forest Biodiversity Hotspot, Brazil with two different modeling methods and climate models. Overall, there’s a decrease in species richness (3). https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e20c55e72376f50f943def7/t/60c3a5bcf81c0d2ccddd5f0e/1623434748892/Screen+Shot+2021-06-11+at+2.04.42+PM.png Blog - Climate Change is Affecting Plant-Insect Interactions - Make it stand out The figure above shows pressures between various biological stressors that all play an important role on pollinator-plant interactions (10). https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e20c55e72376f50f943def7/t/60c3a517520db4604f1d5f8d/1623434588442/Screen+Shot+2021-06-11+at+2.01.56+PM.png Blog - Climate Change is Affecting Plant-Insect Interactions - Make it stand out The figure above depicts the crooked trunk injury that’s caused by the pine processionary moth caterpillar after it feeds on pine needles https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e20c55e72376f50f943def7/t/60c3a432f81c0d2ccddd3a48/1623434328809/Screen+Shot+2021-06-11+at+1.58.06+PM.png Blog - Climate Change is Affecting Plant-Insect Interactions - Make it stand out Figure 1. A diagram depicting the flow of energy across several different trophic levels. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e20c55e72376f50f943def7/t/60c3a48e6306eb7d3c51b2a5/1623434390702/Screen+Shot+2021-06-11+at+1.59.40+PM.png Blog - Climate Change is Affecting Plant-Insect Interactions - Make it stand out Figure 2. Illustration of the process by which pollen contacts the anther of a plant, leaning to fertilization. https://www.globalchangeandthelivingworld.com/blog/are-humans-creating-a-decline-in-oyster-populations monthly 0.5 2021-06-11 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e20c55e72376f50f943def7/t/60c3aafb2d233e79cba4b32d/1623436039941/Screen+Shot+2021-06-11+at+2.27.03+PM.png Blog - Are Humans Creating a Decline in Oyster Populations? - Make it stand out Figure 2: The above image depicts how human activity can increase the acidity of the ocean. As the image says, the acidic ocean water is especially harmful to marine organisms that possess exoskeletons or shells. 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They established a productivity index that identifies categories of risk based on parameters including intrinsic rate of increase, fecundity, age at maturity, etc. https://www.globalchangeandthelivingworld.com/blog/cyanobacterial-intoxication-in-a-terrier-dog monthly 0.5 2021-07-14 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e20c55e72376f50f943def7/t/60e89ba855f7654dec77da7e/1625856959884/Screen+Shot+2021-07-09+at+2.55.19+PM.png Blog - Cyanobacterial Intoxication in a Terrier Dog - Make it stand out Fig. 4 Product ion spectra of protonated molecular ions of nodularin (m/z 825) from liver, kidney, and the reference Nodularia spumigena AV1 are almost identical (Simola et.al, 2012). https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e20c55e72376f50f943def7/t/60e8992455f7654dec77a279/1625856341466/Screen+Shot+2021-07-09+at+2.44.30+PM.png Blog - Cyanobacterial Intoxication in a Terrier Dog - Make it stand out Fig. 1. 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