Bee the change

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Bees are extraordinary creatures living all over the world, yet bee populations are in massive decline. Bees hold the incredible importance of pollinating plants in most ecosystems in the world. Without bees, plants would not be pollinated, fruits and plants would not be produced, flora would decline, world economies will be impacted, and other species would suffer. The biggest threat to bees is wide use of pesticides in farming worldwide, climate change, habitat destruction/loss, diseases and more. 

Journal article highlights

• Acute exposure to diesel exhaust induces central nervous system stress and altered learning and memory in honey bees
• Acute sublethal exposure to toxic heavy metals alters honey bee (Apis mellifera) feeding behavior 
• Changes in adult sex ratio in wild bee communities are linked to urbanization 
• A neonicotinoid pesticide impairs foraging, but not learning, in free-flying bumblebees

eBook highlights

• The Buzz about Bees
• Pollination Ecology and the Rain Forest
• Bees as Superorganisms

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Coral reefs cover nearly 110, 000 square miles of the earth’s surface (284,300 square kilometers). Reefs house more than 25% of the marine life on earth and thousands of species including sting rays, sharks, fish and other plant species make reefs their home. Yet, warming ocean temperatures, chemical and pesticide residue, unsustainable tourism and uncontrolled fishing, are some of the biggest contributors to the destruction of nearly 25% of the earth’s coral reefs and we need to protect our reefs. 

Journal article highlights

• Scenario planning with linked land-sea models inform where forest conservation actions will promote coral reef resilience
• Effects of bleaching-associated mass coral mortality on reef structural complexity across a gradient of local disturbance
• Exposure, vulnerability, and resiliency of French Polynesian coral reefs to environmental disturbances 

eBook highlights

• Coral Reefs: An Ecosystem in Transition
• Coral Reefs at the Crossroads
• The Coral Reef Era: From Discovery to Decline