The spruce budworm is an insect that eats the needles of fir and spruce, weakening the trees an putting them at risk for disease or even death. As if that wasn't enough, researchers are now looking at the potential impact that spruce budworm outbreaks could have on climate change. On today's episode: killer insects, scientific collaboration and elaborate cheese plates…

Slowing Down the Spruce Budworm (podcast) - https://www.nrcan.gc.ca/slowing-down-spruce-budworm-ask-nrcan/22113
Eat, Prey, Love – Stopping the Spruce Budworm (article) - https://www.nrcan.gc.ca/simply-science/20681
Healthy Forest Partnership - http://healthyforestpartnership.ca/
Spruce Budworm – NRCan Website - https://www.nrcan.gc.ca/our-natural-resources/forests-forestry/wildland-fires-insects-disturban/top-forest-insects-diseases-cana/spruce-budworm/13383
Soil Carbon - https://soilcarbon.org/

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