Tag Archives: plagues
Not just winter warming causes pine beetle plague – it’s the springs and summers too!
Hiking plans along US NE coast? Watch out for ticks – high Lyme risk season predicted
One pine beetle outbreak can affect forest carbon flux for decades
Wolf reintroduction in Yellowstone shows large predators help forests rejuvenate – and may increase biological diversity
Biodiversity feedback: loss of amphibian species further increases threat of deadly fungus infections
Worldwide amphibians are the most threatened class in the animal kingdom. In recent years Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, a fungal pathogen, has caused havoc among many species of frogs, toads and salamanders, decreasing populations and wiping out others.
Permian-Triassic mass extinction: 11,000 Gt CO2 worth of climate change led to microbial plagues that killed the world’s forests
New research shows an example of a missing link between climatic disruptions and biodiversity decline: killer microbes.