Ugh…so Much For Editing… Distracted By The CERN Higgs Webcast.
Leann Siter
There are concerns about the Amazon and the Congo, the last remaining large blocks of tropical forests. There are concerns about replacing native forests with tree plantations that are so much poorer in species.
From the science of economics to that of biology, we are learning how the actions and decisions of each and every one of us affect the lives of all others. Maybe it is no surprise that the coal-fired energy plants of India, China, and elsewhere affect the climate of us all, as does the ongoing deforestation of the Amazon. Or that a nuclear disaster in Japan shaped how we view one alternative energy source. But we now know that our health (particularly our microbiome) is affected not only by what we put into our mouths but, somewhat surprisingly, also by the company we keep. Recent studies show that decisions about the removal of an invasive species affects its entire surrounding ecological web as much as decisions concerning the protection of an endangered one.
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