Making the most of a tree epidemic
With trees infested by the emerald ash borer deemed essentially worthless, a team of designers wanted to see if the decaying wood could be repurposed as a building material.
Leslie Lok, Assistant Professor of Architecture, Cornell University
• conversation
Aug. 4, 2020 • ~7 min
Aug. 4, 2020 • ~7 min
Tags: architecture carbon construction trees design ash
Malnourished bugs: Higher CO2 levels make plants less nutritious, hurting insect populations
Insect populations are falling as what they eat becomes more like iceberg lettuce and less like kale.
Ellen Welti, Postdoctoral Researcher of Biology, University of Oklahoma
• conversation
March 9, 2020 • ~5 min
March 9, 2020 • ~5 min
Tags: climate-change insects carbon biology plants carbon-dioxide-co2 nutrients entomology kansas bugs grasshoppers food-webs prairies research-brief
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