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Date Time Tree species diversity is no protection against bark beetle infestation Ecologist from Freiburg investigates pest infestation in forests with mixed and monoculture tree stands. Their findings are published in Journal of Ecology. The Sixtoothed spruce bark beetle mainly attacked native species such as European spruce. Source: Flickr, Peter O’Connor In recent years, foresters have been able to observe it up close: First, prolonged drought weakens the trees, then bark beetles and other pests attack. While healthy trees keep the invaders away with resin, stressed ones are virtually d...

AfricaSouth32 expects loss of up to $175 mln from S.African coal unit sale Reuters 2 minute read Australian miner South32 Ltd (S32.AX) said it was expecting to book a loss of up $175 million from the sale of its South African thermal coal assets, which was finalised with mining group Seriti Resources on Monday. The deal would allow South32 to reorganise its business by exiting energy coal at a time when many banks and insurers are scaling back financing for the sector because of global warming concerns. South32 had announced the divestiture in November 2019 and terms of a coal supply deal wit...

Peter O'Connor explains why racism belongs to Pākehā - and Pākehā need to take responsibility for stopping it.

iTWire Thursday, 13 May 2021 12:36 Laidler takes on partner management at Snowflake Shares Data cloud company Snowflake has appointed Nick Laidler to the role of ANZ partner manager. "Appointing Nick as partner manager further reinforces our focus on regional channel organisational growth to enhance our position as a leader in enabling enterprises to easily unify, integrate, analyse, and share their data," said Snowflake APAC vice president of sales Peter O'Connor. "At the same time, his appointment reflects our strategy to add specific domain experts and industry technology le...

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