Author: Emma Iacobelli

Earthquakes are a scary reality for people living on active plate boundaries. Not only does the initial earthquake cause destruction, the secondary events caused by the seismic activity can lead to the evolution of a species through allopatric speciation.  Speciation is the genealogical separation of a population due to environmental alterations (Manthey et al. 2021).…

Disease outbreaks have destroyed civilizations since the beginning of time. In the past, diseases have spread, but not as rapidly as they are travelling today. As climate change worsens, new deadly viruses will have greater opportunities to form, grow, and infect populations. One of the main issues associated with changing weather patterns is their effect…