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Diet diversity and pesticide risk mediate the negative effects of land use change on solitary bee offspring production Bees

Diet diversity and pesticide risk mediate the negative effects of land use change on solitary bee offspring production

RESEARCH ARTICLE First published: 23 February 2020 Abstract Threats to bee pollinators such as land use change, high pesticide risk and reduced floral diet diversity are usually assessed independently, even though they often co‐occur to impact bees in agroecosystems. We established populations of the non‐native mason bee Osmia cornifrons at…
bubmag
April 7, 2020
Donald Trump Fires Inspector General Who Brought Ukraine Phone Call Whistleblower Complaint To Congress Ukraine

Donald Trump Fires Inspector General Who Brought Ukraine Phone Call Whistleblower Complaint To Congress

from the just-more-retaliation-targeting-the-proper-channels dept No one really needs to wait until Friday afternoon to bury bad news. Not these days when bad news is all we seem to have, occasionally mixed with even worse news. But the White House remains the White House, so the time-honored process of dumping stuff…
bubmag
April 7, 2020
Britain’s ‘protected’ beaches have just as much litter on them as those in unprotected areas Plastic Pollution

Britain’s ‘protected’ beaches have just as much litter on them as those in unprotected areas

Britain's 'protected' beaches have just as much litter on them as those in unprotected areas - including plastic, fishing materials and sewage debrisHuman made litter has been found on beaches in many marine protection areas Kent, Devon and Cornwall were the worst locations for litter in protected zones The type of rubbish…
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April 7, 2020
SA Needs a Robust Water Resilience Strategy Amid Ratings Downgrades and COVID-19 Water Scarcity

SA Needs a Robust Water Resilience Strategy Amid Ratings Downgrades and COVID-19

The recent downgrades of South Africa's investment ratings present serious constraints to the government's plans to fund water infrastructure in a climate of water scarcity. We need to invest properly and wisely. The hardy aloe plant made yet another appearance in the Budget speech this year. Carried to the podium…
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April 7, 2020
tobi lou Channels His Inner YouTuber for “Skin Care Tutorial 2020” Music Video Twinfluencer

tobi lou Channels His Inner YouTuber for “Skin Care Tutorial 2020” Music Video

tobi lou is reminding everyone to take care of their skin in his newest track, “Skin Care Tutorial 2020.” The accompanying music video sees the Los Angeles-based artist channeling his inner influencer, showing the products that he uses and utilizing film editing cues from famous YouTube clips that offer tips…
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April 7, 2020
Pitfalls of influencer marketing in Russia and how to avoid them Twinfluencer

Pitfalls of influencer marketing in Russia and how to avoid them

30-second summary: As YouTube content is not restricted to the territories of single states we shall define “Russian market” as “Russian linguistic area”.  In this respect, defining “Russian consumer market” one can safely add 10 million of Belarus’ population, 18 million of Kazakhstan’s and 40 million of Ukraine’s population to…
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April 7, 2020