Mastodawn

Margarita M Lopez-Uribe Jan 31, 2024

Habitat management is needed to conserve wild lupine populations and associated pollinators
https://lopezuribelab.com/2024/01/23/habitat-management-is-needed-to-conserve-wild-lupine-populations-and-associated-pollinators/

Habitat management is needed to conserve wild lupine populations and associated pollinators

Wild lupine is a fire-adapted, perennial wildflower found throughout North America. Due to the loss of its primary habitat, wild lupine is currently of conservation concern in roughly 60% of its ra…

López-Uribe Lab

Margarita M Lopez-Uribe Jan 31, 2024

Such a great honor to be appointed to serve on the #NAREEE Pollinator Subcommittee this year to ensure
@USDA pollinator policy and programs are informed by the best available science.
@AgSciResearch @PSU_Entomology https://www.psu.edu/news/agricultural-sciences/story/penn-state-entomologists-appointed-national-committee-pollinator/

Margarita M Lopez-Uribe Nov 19, 2023

Cottage Politics Nov 16, 2023

Portugal just ran on 100% renewables for six days in a row. For nearly a week, the country of 10 million met customer needs with wind, hydro and solar — a test run for operating the grid without fossil fuels.
#energy #news #renewableenergy

https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/clean-energy/portugal-just-ran-on-100-renewables-for-six-days-in-a-row

Portugal just ran on 100% renewables for six days in a row

For nearly a week, the country of 10 million met customer needs with wind, hydro and solar — a test run for operating the grid without fossil fuels.

Canary Media

Margarita M Lopez-Uribe Oct 29, 2023

Entomological Soc. of America Oct 26, 2023

New on Entomology Today: A trio of entomologists at the Illinois Natural History Survey tackled a backlog of hover fly specimens dating back a century, digitized them, and combined them with online databases—leading to several new species records, changes to species ranges, and even discoveries of new areas of conservation concern for hover flies in the state. #entomology #insects #collections https://entomologytoday.org/2023/10/26/hover-flies-identified-20000-syrphid-specimens-illinois-collection/

Hover Flies Identified: Researchers Tackle 20,000 Syrphid Specimens in Illinois Collection

An effort at the Illinois Natural History Survey to process a backlog of hover fly specimens leads to new species records, changes to species ranges, and more.

Entomology Today

Margarita M Lopez-Uribe Aug 22, 2023

Red Andean Bee - Bombus rubicundus

Margarita M Lopez-Uribe Aug 20, 2023

Alex Wild Aug 20, 2023

Montevideo, the Capitol of Uruguay and home to about 2 million people, is out of water in the midst of a prolonged drought. The government is trying to secure bottled water as an emergency measure.

#climatechange #Montevideo #Uruguay

https://en.mercopress.com/2023/07/06/uruguay-taking-action-to-face-water-crisis-drinking-water-reserve-is-empty-for-montevideo

Uruguay taking action to face water crisis: drinking water reserve is empty for Montevideo

Uruguay's Congress Wednesday unanimously approved the Water Emergency Fund to finance access to bottled water among other measures amid an unprecedented shortage of drinking water due to the drought the country is going through.

MercoPress

Margarita M Lopez-Uribe Aug 18, 2023

How many species of #squashbees in the US?

Margarita M Lopez-Uribe Aug 3, 2023

Join us tomorrow August 3 2023 @10am COL, 11AM ET via youtube for the final presentations of our NSF-IRES Program Pollinators in Climate Change Colombia
https://youtube.com/live/TffaZAzudbA?feature=share

Polinizadores y el Cambio Climático: ¿Cómo están afectando los cambios de temperatura ?

YouTube

Margarita M Lopez-Uribe Feb 18, 2023

Are all bees beneficial? Check out this forum paper where we review the biology of the Japanese mason bee Osmia taurus: A species with invasiveness potential in North America https://academic.oup.com/ee/advance-article/doi/10.1093/ee/nvad005/7046110
@gutierrezgrace_ @BeesYall @lopezuribelab @PSU_Entomology

Osmia taurus (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae): A Non-native Bee Species With Invasiveness Potential in North America

Abstract. Bees are important pollinators and are essential for the reproduction of many plants in natural and agricultural ecosystems. However, bees can have ad

OUP Academic

Margarita M Lopez-Uribe Dec 22, 2022

I would really like to increase my network in #Mastodon. Please help me connect with people in #ecology #Evolution #entomology #pollinators #bees. Please share @jessicalwarelab @CorrieMoreau @alexwild Thanks!