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Category Archives: BioInvasion
Vines are taking over forests
Laurance, W. October 5, 2013. Planet of the vines: Climbing plants are taking over. NewScientist. Giant vines are beginning to strangle Earth’s tropical forests, and it’s not just due to climate change. Gaze out over a tropical rainforest and the … Continue reading
Posted in Biodiversity Loss, BioInvasion, Climate Change
Tagged biodiversity, carbon dioxide, climate change, forests, vines
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Let’s get rid of invasive species ASAP
[ Invasive species are very expensive to control, costing $1.4 trillion world-wide. The annual cost of impact and control are equal to 5 percent of the world economy. Invasive species reduce the yield … Continue reading
Posted in BioInvasion, Congressional Record U.S.
Tagged Bioinvasion, congressional record, house hearing, invasive species
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Climate change impacts on agriculture in the U.S.
[ I’ve added a senate hearing from 2013 on drought, fire, and freeze effects on agriculture below. Alice Friedemann www.energyskeptic.com author of “When Trucks Stop Running: Energy and the Future of Transportation, 2015, Springer] Notes from 25 page: Hatfield, J., … Continue reading
Posted in BioInvasion, Drought, Extreme Weather, Food, Heat, Soil, Soil, Water, Where to Be or Not to Be
Tagged climage change, disease, erosion, pests, soil, water, weeds
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Cost of Invasive Species in the United States
[ My note: It’s been 15 years since this paper was written, yet it is so thorough and well-written that it stands up well today and still cited by thousands of other papers as the best estimate of what invasive … Continue reading
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Tagged biodiversity, invasive species
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Land invasive species
25% of U.S. agricultural gross national product is lost to foreign plant invaders and the costs of controlling them. Exotic species have contributed to the decline of 42 percent of U.S. endangered and threatened species. The chestnut blight fungus, which … Continue reading
Posted in Biodiversity Loss, BioInvasion
Tagged biodiversity loss, Bioinvasion, invasive species, plants
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Aquatic Invasive species
Allegra Cangelosi. 9 Jan 2003. Blocking Invasive Aquatic Species. Federal law must be updated to stop introductions of nonnative organisms, especially by ships. Issues in science and technology. National Academy of Sciences. Examples of invasive aquatic species Voracious snakehead fish … Continue reading
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Tagged biodiversity, Bioinvasion, invasive species
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Invasive Species prevent new species from evolving: human induced mass extinction recovery will take longer than thought
Richard A. Kerr. February 10, 2012.More Than One Way for Invaders to Wreak Havoc. Science: Vol. 335:646 Ravenous pythons and anacondas invading the Florida Everglades are ravaging the local ecology. But a study published last month suggests that invasive species … Continue reading
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Tagged biodiversity loss, Bioinvasion, invasive species
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BioInvasion
BioInvasion Overview Animals Diseases Insects Ocean Plants Over 50,000 non-native species cause over $120 billion dollars of damage, per year, in the United States More than 120,000 species have invaded the USA, UK, Australia, India, South Africa and Brazil Invaders … Continue reading
Posted in 2) Collapse, BioInvasion
Tagged animal, Bioinvasion, bioinvasion cost, plant
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Plant BioInvasion
Apr 23, 2002 Caspian Environment Struggles As Nations Jockey Over Energy Riches. ABC news. Scott Dogget. Dec 28, 2004 In a chokehold: California’s native landscape is losing ground as aggressive imports run wild. Los Angeles Times. Aug 26, 2005 Non-native … Continue reading
Posted in 2) Collapse, BioInvasion
Tagged aquatic, cogongrass, plant bioinvasion
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Animal BioInvasion
Mongoose. Brought to kill rats in sugar plantations in Puerto Rico and Hawaii in the 1800s. Now they’re destroying native birds, amphibians, and reptiles that would have been beneficial for pest control. 12 species of reptiles and amphibians have been … Continue reading
Posted in 2) Collapse, BioInvasion
Tagged animal bioinvasion, cats, dogs, english sparrow, mongoose, rats
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