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Climate change – species

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Starry stonewort: Not as friendly as the name suggests

A new invasive plant is rapidly spreading through the Kawartha Lakes In 2018, a water plant by the charming name of starry stonewort (SSW) was identified in Stony Lake. Fast forward two years and this highly-aggressive, invasive aquatic species is now turning up all over the Kawarthas. For many cottagers Read more…

By Drew Monkman, 10 months9 months ago
Climate Change Columns

Three billion birds have disappeared from North America

Grassland birds and aerial insectivores among the hardest hit When I was a teenager in the 1960s, the Peterborough Field Naturalists made an annual June visit to Harry William’s farm near Millbrook. This was not your average nature outing. You were expected to arrive no later than 4:00 am. Why, Read more…

By Drew Monkman, 2 years1 year ago
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Nature in the Kawarthas: Big changes are underway

Shifting dates, species declines, and surprising newcomers tell us climate change has arrived For years we used to drive up to Algonquin Park in early summer to take our daughters to camp. One of the highlights of these trips was seeing moose along the side of Highway 60. Getting closeup Read more…

By Drew Monkman, 2 years1 year ago
A Changing Climate

Climate change impacting ‘most’ species on Earth, even down to their genome

Three recent studies point to just how broad, bizarre, and potentially devastating climate change is to life on Earth. And we’ve only seen one degree Celsius of warming so far. Source: The Guardian   Author: Jeremy Hance    Date: Wednesday 5 April 2017 Climate change is rapidly becoming a crisis that defies Read more…

By Drew Monkman, 4 years ago
A Changing Climate

Climate-driven species on the move are changing (almost) everything

Source: The Conversation: Academic rigor, journalistic flair   Date: April 5, 2017  Authors: Gretta Pecl: Deputy Associate Dean Research, ARC Future Fellow & Editor in Chief (Reviews in Fish Biology & Fisheries), University of Tasmania; Adriana Verges, Senior Lecturer in marine ecology, UNSW  Ekaterina Popova: Senior Lecturer in marine ecology, UNSW; Read more…

By Drew Monkman, 4 years4 years ago
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