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• Thijs Biersteker : Symbiosia
  Trees produce annual growth rings within their trunks, hidden beneath their bark. The thickness and shape of the rings can vary, depending the health of the trees. Environmental changes such as fires, droughts, and pollution levels, as well as disease, all affect their appearance. The rings are visual documentation of the lives of trees. An art installation in the Fondation Cartier’s garden displays real-time data from two trees. Digital screens display a representation of their growth rings, as they change due to environmental conditions. The project is a collaboration between the artist Thijs Biersteker and the scientist/botanist Stefano Mancuso and his International Laboratory of Plant Neurobiology. Find out more about this data art installation in this article with video from The Urban Letter. https://theurbanletter.com/symbiosia/
• Article: Desert Bees Have a Secret: How to Survive a Decade of Drought
  Bees are most diverse in arid places. Will their strategies hold up in a changing climate — and can we learn enough about them before it’s too late? Find out how desert scientists are researching Southwest bees in this article.
• Article: The Coronavirus Connection
  Forest loss drives viruses as well as climate change—and Indigenous peoples are on the frontlines of the destruction. By Covering Climate Now March 18, 2020
• Article: Tip of the iceberg- is our destruction of nature responsible for Covid-19?
  As habitat and biodiversity loss increase globally, the coronavirus outbreak may be just the beginning of mass pandemics.
• Article: When artists get involved in research, science benefits
  When artists and scientists get together, creative sparks can fly. Collaborative sci-art projects are increasingly popular and one obvious benefit is the greater visibility of the research through the artist’s work. This project explores scientific and artistic aspects of Antarctic ice crystals. https://theconversation.com/when-artists-get-involved-in-research-science-benefits-82147
• Article: Why insect populations are plummeting—and why it matters
  A new study suggests that 40 percent of insect species are in decline, a sobering finding that has jarred researchers worldwide.
• Article:How biodiversity loss is hurting our ability to combat pandemics
  World Economic Forum article: How biodiversity loss is hurting our ability to combat pandemics
• Video: Biocultural Diversity Combats Climate Change
   Biocultural landscapes are holistic systems of culture and nature that have been shaped by human management over long periods of time. They maintain ecosystem health, utilize traditional knowledge, protect biodiversity, provide cultural value, build healthy soils, enhance resilience, nourish agriculture, fisheries, and forests, and mitigate climate change. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qnEcVfYMDo
• Video: Pollinators Under Pressure
  Tree Media released a new film, Pollinators Under Pressure, about the plight of pollinators around the world and the actions we can all take to ensure their survival, and that of humans and ecosystems everywhere. Narrated by Academy Award®-winning actor and environmental activist Leonardo DiCaprio, the short film features expert voices and diverse points of view from representatives of federal agencies, non-governmental organizations, and youth who are working in communities to help residents understand the impact of everyday actions on pollinators and their habitats.
• Video:ECOLOGY- 5 Human Impacts on the environment
  Hank gives the run down on the top five ways humans are negatively impacting the environment and having detrimental effects on the valuable ecosystem services which a healthy biosphere provides.