“We’re going to come close to, if not eclipse, a trillion cicadas,” said Mr. Shockley, collections manager for the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.
Brood X is one of 15 groups of “periodical” cicadas that lurk beneath the soil and feed on tree sap until they emerge en masse every 13 or 17 years.
Once weather conditions are just right, portions of 15 Northeastern states will be abuzz with a cacophony from males in search of mates. The show may go on for up to six weeks.
“They’re waiting for the temperature 8 inches below ground to reach 64 degrees,” Mr. Shockley said.
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Atlantic cod habitat includes both sides of the north Atlantic Ocean and beyond. (Image: NOAA)
Overfishing likely did not cause the Atlantic cod, an iconic species, to evolve genetically and mature earlier, according to a study led by Rutgers University and the University of Oslo – the first of its kind – with major implications for ocean conservation. Evolution has been used in part as an excuse for why cod and other species have not recovered from overfishing, said first author Malin L. Pinsky, an associate professor in the Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources in the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences at Rutgers University–New Brunswick. Our findings suggest instead that more attention to reducing fishing and addressing other environmental changes, including climate change, will be important for allowing recovery. We can t use evolution as a scapegoat for avoiding the hard work that would allow cod to recover.