The OpenHelix Blog

When I get time, I like to garden. I mentioned to my aunt, who is a master gardener in my area, how much trouble I had with poison ivy last year. She responded that she wasn’t surprised because many master gardeners had noticed that poison ivy was on the rise. Being the curious biologist-type, with [...]

Before disasters people will often scour stores to hoard food and other essentials. We are now faced with changes in our global climate that are as bad, or worse, as our earlier worst case scenarios and a species die off that is unprecedented (Nature article, subscription required): …biodiversity loss is accelerating globally. Some 12% of [...]