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Heat Waves Affect Pollination Too

Thanks to the University of Maryland/Maryland Grows this informative article on heat waves.

Having grown up in the plains of Argentina, surrounded by large rivers, swamps, hot summers and humidity, I can attest that I am pretty “heat tolerant.” While others complain of the heat, I just enjoy the “embrace” that a hot day gives me. The heat in the last few weeks, however, was even too hot for me! And while I was trying to cool down, I was also worrying about what I was seeing outside.

The plants, the insects, the soil… were all suffering like me. And, because I happen to work on some of these topics, I also knew that it wasn’t just that some plants were drying out. This heat wave (and drought) is also affecting the whole network of interactions that happen around us...

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